At the sea, in the sand
You were free to my hand
As we touched behind the wind
Left so much outside our skin
You never stay in all four dimensions
You never ever return when you're gone
One more summer in surf city
Solarized recollection
Well the sun and its rays
Are as one throughout space
And my mind's always on you
First a light, I'll break through
You never stay in all four dimensions
You never ever return when you're gone
One lonely summer in surf city
Solarized recollection
What a night to start writing about this
Tall palms grasp the summer clouds
And anchor the stormy sky to the ground
Outside the ghosts of Jaguars and Impalas
Roll along the still warm roads
Leaving damp marks where they had passed
The air it hisses as they go
It stands aside with a decisive sigh
It reaches for this back's fleeting [?]
This night aches with memory
1St Woman On The Moon lyrics - The Church
Nothing
[R] Nothing moving
Nothing moving
At first there's only nothing
Shadows echoes dream of being in a procession
[L] A procession
[R] Woman helpless slowly hatching, only moved yeah (1:38)
[L] Woman helpless slowly watching, hardly moving
[R] Longing for... [L] Quit longing...
Longing for a chance at a sweet life
[R] ...the sweet life [L] ...for a chance
Feelings changing shifting weather
[L] For a chance, rusted weather
Quiet mornings something swimming through the mornings
The sunlight filtered through the water in the rock pools
Human creature worn this shadow
[R] Human creature worn this shadow
[L] Sunlight filtered through the water in the rock pools
Fragmented figment
[L] Needs to sleep, livin', risin', to the surface
[R] Need for shelter, need for fire
[L] Human creature worn this shadow, fragmented figment, need for shelter
[R] Need for shelter, need for fire, pulling on her cardboard body
Need for shelter, need for fire
Pulling on, calls her body
[R] Wasting nothing in the morning
Astral mirror, touching, tasting, wasting nothing
[L] Wasting nothing in that morning
Remember living in the valley
Something angry, something hurts me
Remember blood-dripped clouds at sunset
As the night crept like a panther
[R] Desert blazing, ego conquering, palace gardens, woman singing
Desert blazing, ego conquering, palace gardens, women singing
[R] Singing to me, singing softly, about nothing
Singing... of nothing
[R] Waiting for us, waiting for us, only nothing
[L] Waiting for us
Came before us, all around us, waiting for us
Waiting for us
Waiting for us, only noth... only nothing
[R] Nothing moving
Nothing moving
At first there's only nothing
Shadows echoes dream of being in a procession
[L] A procession
[R] Woman helpless slowly hatching, only moved yeah (1:38)
[L] Woman helpless slowly watching, hardly moving
[R] Longing for... [L] Quit longing...
Longing for a chance at a sweet life
[R] ...the sweet life [L] ...for a chance
Feelings changing shifting weather
[L] For a chance, rusted weather
Quiet mornings something swimming through the mornings
The sunlight filtered through the water in the rock pools
Human creature worn this shadow
[R] Human creature worn this shadow
[L] Sunlight filtered through the water in the rock pools
Fragmented figment
[L] Needs to sleep, livin', risin', to the surface
[R] Need for shelter, need for fire
[L] Human creature worn this shadow, fragmented figment, need for shelter
[R] Need for shelter, need for fire, pulling on her cardboard body
Need for shelter, need for fire
Pulling on, calls her body
[R] Wasting nothing in the morning
Astral mirror, touching, tasting, wasting nothing
[L] Wasting nothing in that morning
Remember living in the valley
Something angry, something hurts me
Remember blood-dripped clouds at sunset
As the night crept like a panther
[R] Desert blazing, ego conquering, palace gardens, woman singing
Desert blazing, ego conquering, palace gardens, women singing
[R] Singing to me, singing softly, about nothing
Singing... of nothing
[R] Waiting for us, waiting for us, only nothing
[L] Waiting for us
Came before us, all around us, waiting for us
Waiting for us
Waiting for us, only noth... only nothing
Espionage lyrics - The Church
An autumn afternoon
Spent in the Secret City
These final chapters should have
Been left out of the story
In the apartment
The atmosphere hovers heavy
Zip up my black suede boots
I am almost ready
The hidden cameras
Function so discretely
As your images refract
(She) acted sad, sweetly
Loving you is easy
Especially espionage
Counterpoint agents
Suave and debonair
Leather shoulder holsters
And your breasts are bare
Adriatic hotel rooms
Smell of cordite and cologne
Systematic killer
From the Interzone
The Daimler's parked outside
Ready for your departure
Naturally we'll deny you
If you should be captured
Loving you is easy
Especially espionage
The double-crossed, the Doublethink
Got you doublegazed
Got you out of trouble
Back in Budapest
Something in the shadows
A blurry, grainy face
Can't hold on for long enough
So I can get a trace
I love it when you're naked
But for camouflage
Loving you is easy
Especially espionage
Spent in the Secret City
These final chapters should have
Been left out of the story
In the apartment
The atmosphere hovers heavy
Zip up my black suede boots
I am almost ready
The hidden cameras
Function so discretely
As your images refract
(She) acted sad, sweetly
Loving you is easy
Especially espionage
Counterpoint agents
Suave and debonair
Leather shoulder holsters
And your breasts are bare
Adriatic hotel rooms
Smell of cordite and cologne
Systematic killer
From the Interzone
The Daimler's parked outside
Ready for your departure
Naturally we'll deny you
If you should be captured
Loving you is easy
Especially espionage
The double-crossed, the Doublethink
Got you doublegazed
Got you out of trouble
Back in Budapest
Something in the shadows
A blurry, grainy face
Can't hold on for long enough
So I can get a trace
I love it when you're naked
But for camouflage
Loving you is easy
Especially espionage
Reward lyrics - The Church
The waking sun on a desert plain
The polar star in the sky again
Your open eyes beam out the surprise from them
You're our reward
So unpredictable
So delectable
So undetectable
Unsuspectable
You're our reward
There's nothing else after all
You're our reward
[R - with many echos]
I still hear her laughter
Come see every laughter
Nothing still matters
The future's scattered
If it's the tactic
It's just fantastic
Pure elation
Simply anticipation
It's the suggestion
It's the eternal question
(Wasn't feeling possible here and now) (2:39) [very faint]
(Leopard bones...) (2:46) [in low distorted voice]
Waiting and wanting, not knowing what for
The meaning we're standing outside the door
Of everyday living or ways the feeling was more
You're our reward
So unpredictable
So delectable
So undetectable
Unsuspectable
You're our reward
You're our reward
I still hear her laughter
You're our reward
Nothing else matters
You're our reward / [R] The future is scattered
If it's the tactic
You're our reward / [R] It's just fantastic
Pure elation
You're our reward / [R] You're the anticipation
It's the suggestion
You're our reward
Of the eternal question
[R]
I still hear her laughter
Nothing else matters
The future's scattered
If it's the tactic
It's just fantastic
Pure elation
Anticipation
It's the suggestion
To know the eternal question
To know the eternal question
The polar star in the sky again
Your open eyes beam out the surprise from them
You're our reward
So unpredictable
So delectable
So undetectable
Unsuspectable
You're our reward
There's nothing else after all
You're our reward
[R - with many echos]
I still hear her laughter
Come see every laughter
Nothing still matters
The future's scattered
If it's the tactic
It's just fantastic
Pure elation
Simply anticipation
It's the suggestion
It's the eternal question
(Wasn't feeling possible here and now) (2:39) [very faint]
(Leopard bones...) (2:46) [in low distorted voice]
Waiting and wanting, not knowing what for
The meaning we're standing outside the door
Of everyday living or ways the feeling was more
You're our reward
So unpredictable
So delectable
So undetectable
Unsuspectable
You're our reward
You're our reward
I still hear her laughter
You're our reward
Nothing else matters
You're our reward / [R] The future is scattered
If it's the tactic
You're our reward / [R] It's just fantastic
Pure elation
You're our reward / [R] You're the anticipation
It's the suggestion
You're our reward
Of the eternal question
[R]
I still hear her laughter
Nothing else matters
The future's scattered
If it's the tactic
It's just fantastic
Pure elation
Anticipation
It's the suggestion
To know the eternal question
To know the eternal question
There You Go lyrics - The Church
If you think that light's too pretty for you
You should step outside your skin for a moment or two
Desert winds come howling down empty boulevards
Blowing like sick minstrels when the dust is too hot
You thought you were a stranger in your opportunity clothes
But the sun makes it all hazy and it doesn't half show
You thought you were an actor with an amusing part
You danced the bossa nova with your celluloid heart
You looked into the mirror and laughed at your face
Someone else was watching and handling your case
You think that it's easy with the drugs and guitars
You like to be backstage and in the star's car
There you go
Summertime, oblivious through noise and the heat
Crowded room where you can't find your feet
All the seals are broken at a quarter to two
But you don't even recognize who you're taking to
When they said you're ready you took a swing
But it was empty, you didn't hit a thing
When they said you're ready you hung on tight
But balance is elusive as you run down the night
There you go
Don't throw away your tickets yet, there's probably more
You just never know what you're hanging in for
Everybody told you you're the one in the know
So that's the way, let's do it, there you go
There you go
You should step outside your skin for a moment or two
Desert winds come howling down empty boulevards
Blowing like sick minstrels when the dust is too hot
You thought you were a stranger in your opportunity clothes
But the sun makes it all hazy and it doesn't half show
You thought you were an actor with an amusing part
You danced the bossa nova with your celluloid heart
You looked into the mirror and laughed at your face
Someone else was watching and handling your case
You think that it's easy with the drugs and guitars
You like to be backstage and in the star's car
There you go
Summertime, oblivious through noise and the heat
Crowded room where you can't find your feet
All the seals are broken at a quarter to two
But you don't even recognize who you're taking to
When they said you're ready you took a swing
But it was empty, you didn't hit a thing
When they said you're ready you hung on tight
But balance is elusive as you run down the night
There you go
Don't throw away your tickets yet, there's probably more
You just never know what you're hanging in for
Everybody told you you're the one in the know
So that's the way, let's do it, there you go
There you go
Night Flower lyrics - The Church
A tired old clown
In the big end of town
Take one last look
The sun is going down
I never noticed things
But now I see it all
The roar of the planets
The silence 'round this song
Scratched into the surface
Midnight surely coming
Metal on soft metal
Sliding, grinding, humming
This shambles of a city
Stumbles to its knees
Desecrates the evening
And falls into the sea
In the big end of town
Take one last look
The sun is going down
I never noticed things
But now I see it all
The roar of the planets
The silence 'round this song
Scratched into the surface
Midnight surely coming
Metal on soft metal
Sliding, grinding, humming
This shambles of a city
Stumbles to its knees
Desecrates the evening
And falls into the sea
Twin Stars lyrics - The Church
She's got two tiny stars in her eyes
She's got the blessings in disguise
And just like the rain and the snow
And takes them with her everywhere she goes
She's got two tiny stars in her eyes
And she's got miracles in her head
She's got pleasure on demand
Just like the soft summer rain
Soothes the earth at the end of the day
She's got two tiny stars in her eyes
She's got the blessings in disguise
And just like the rain and the snow
And takes them with her everywhere she goes
She's got two tiny stars in her eyes
And she's got miracles in her head
She's got pleasure on demand
Just like the soft summer rain
Soothes the earth at the end of the day
She's got two tiny stars in her eyes
Intro lyrics - The Church
Next up is a band that formed in Australia back in 1980. And they've evolved since then. They're not your usual pop-rock band. As a matter of fact, this band's music is much more rich and detailed and nuanced as you'll soon find out. They've been recording their new album which is called "After Everything Now This." It's been in the works for the last couple of years. And it's a great treat to welcome for the first time... The Church.
Seen It @ The Feelmore lyrics - The Church
Hey man, think it through now
Why don't you stay for a while
Eve and Aurora gonna come on over
Know they'll make you smile
You should've seen it coming
Been coming for some time
You've got your broken heart
And I got mine
Yeah
You ain't gonna tell me that you were a saint
Every time you two were apart
You blew your chance
So face the music and dance
You should've seen it coming
Been coming for some time
You've got your broken heart
I got mine
I got mine
I got mine
You should've seen it coming
You've got your broken heart
And I feel fine (feel so fine)
Yeah (feel so fine)
(feel so fine)
(feel so fine)
Why don't you stay for a while
Eve and Aurora gonna come on over
Know they'll make you smile
You should've seen it coming
Been coming for some time
You've got your broken heart
And I got mine
Yeah
You ain't gonna tell me that you were a saint
Every time you two were apart
You blew your chance
So face the music and dance
You should've seen it coming
Been coming for some time
You've got your broken heart
I got mine
I got mine
I got mine
You should've seen it coming
You've got your broken heart
And I feel fine (feel so fine)
Yeah (feel so fine)
(feel so fine)
(feel so fine)
Stay All Night (Kings Mix) lyrics - The Church
(I am a sailor...did not find me)
I don't know, I don't know, I don't know where you go
I don't know, I don't know why I loved you so
You said it was alright
It stayed with me all night
It stayed with me all night
I don't think, I don't think I've ever been to the brink
I don't think, I don't think I'll have another drink
You said it was enough
Then you called my bluff
You said it was too hard
You took out your trump card
You said it was alright
It stayed with me all night
It stayed with me all night
I don't care, I don't care, I don't care where you are
I don't care, I don't care, I don't care who you are
You said it was too hard
You took out your trump card
You said it was alright
It stayed with me all night
It stayed with me all night
I don't guess the answer will be yes
I don't guess you can't
I don't guess you can't
The answer will be yes
I don't know, I don't know, I don't know where you go
I don't know, I don't know why I loved you so
You said it was alright
It stayed with me all night
It stayed with me all night
I don't think, I don't think I've ever been to the brink
I don't think, I don't think I'll have another drink
You said it was enough
Then you called my bluff
You said it was too hard
You took out your trump card
You said it was alright
It stayed with me all night
It stayed with me all night
I don't care, I don't care, I don't care where you are
I don't care, I don't care, I don't care who you are
You said it was too hard
You took out your trump card
You said it was alright
It stayed with me all night
It stayed with me all night
I don't guess the answer will be yes
I don't guess you can't
I don't guess you can't
The answer will be yes
Radiant 1934 Remix lyrics - The Church
[Foreign radio transmissions throughout - Spanish/Russian sounding]
When a cloudy morning rain touched our little town
Three small sisters and a friend walking in the fields
A strange light in the sky blotting out the sun
Whatever happens next changes all our lives
And the children ran home sobbing and half blind
Said our lady has a message for mankind
Frightened and bewildered, not making any sense
Dazzled by the virgin's radiance
And the icons in the church crying tears of blood
The water in the wells curing all who drank
Pilgrim lunatics arrive in a ragged stream
In the fields around the village sprang up tents
People from the outside world want more evidence
Four tired children questioned day and night
All they can remember is her blinding light
So the circus drifts away and the noise dies down
Life goes on as before all the people came
And the children never say what her message was
And the children ran home sobbing and half blind
Said our lady has a message for mankind
Frightened and bewildered, not making any sense
Dazzled by the virgin in her radiance
Radiance
Radiance
When a cloudy morning rain touched our little town
Three small sisters and a friend walking in the fields
A strange light in the sky blotting out the sun
Whatever happens next changes all our lives
And the children ran home sobbing and half blind
Said our lady has a message for mankind
Frightened and bewildered, not making any sense
Dazzled by the virgin's radiance
And the icons in the church crying tears of blood
The water in the wells curing all who drank
Pilgrim lunatics arrive in a ragged stream
In the fields around the village sprang up tents
People from the outside world want more evidence
Four tired children questioned day and night
All they can remember is her blinding light
So the circus drifts away and the noise dies down
Life goes on as before all the people came
And the children never say what her message was
And the children ran home sobbing and half blind
Said our lady has a message for mankind
Frightened and bewildered, not making any sense
Dazzled by the virgin in her radiance
Radiance
Radiance
Replated / Chromium lyrics - The Church
[Chromium]
Silver needles
Golden eagles
Frightened faces
Basket cases
Jags and riches
Queens and witches
Electric mantras
And tight-fitting dreams
Never been so high
Gilded flowers
Long-lost hours
Morning programs
With fake suntans
Meet a maniac in the cul-de-sac
Otherwise it's this ennui
All this waiting brings me down
All those colors bring me around
Never been so high ([L] Never been so high) ([R] Chromium platin')
Never been so high ([L] Never been so low) ([R] All this waiting brings me down)
Never been so high ([L] Never been so high) ([R] Suffocatin')
([L] Never been so low) ([R] All those colors bring me around)
Broken records
Faded labels
Songs to sing to
When you were young
A tattooed pierced arm
Fresh and perfumed
Switch your prison
Fly away
All this waiting brings me down
All those colors bring me around
Broken records
[In the background is sung the gilded flowers stanza]
Never been so high (Never been so high)
Never been so high (Never been so low)
Never been so high (Never been so high)
(Never been so low)
And jewels on your fingers
Tears in your dresses
Fabulous mansions
And damp little rooms
This one will shrink me
This one will grow me
Human to sleeping
Reality looms
[Closes with repeated line too distorted to make out - could be "this ennui"]
Silver needles
Golden eagles
Frightened faces
Basket cases
Jags and riches
Queens and witches
Electric mantras
And tight-fitting dreams
Never been so high
Gilded flowers
Long-lost hours
Morning programs
With fake suntans
Meet a maniac in the cul-de-sac
Otherwise it's this ennui
All this waiting brings me down
All those colors bring me around
Never been so high ([L] Never been so high) ([R] Chromium platin')
Never been so high ([L] Never been so low) ([R] All this waiting brings me down)
Never been so high ([L] Never been so high) ([R] Suffocatin')
([L] Never been so low) ([R] All those colors bring me around)
Broken records
Faded labels
Songs to sing to
When you were young
A tattooed pierced arm
Fresh and perfumed
Switch your prison
Fly away
All this waiting brings me down
All those colors bring me around
Broken records
[In the background is sung the gilded flowers stanza]
Never been so high (Never been so high)
Never been so high (Never been so low)
Never been so high (Never been so high)
(Never been so low)
And jewels on your fingers
Tears in your dresses
Fabulous mansions
And damp little rooms
This one will shrink me
This one will grow me
Human to sleeping
Reality looms
[Closes with repeated line too distorted to make out - could be "this ennui"]
Distant X Unseen lyrics - The Church
Sitting in the shadows and the evening oscillating
Feeling light and feeling like it's a-gonna change
Hoping for a moment for some gentle consolation
Waiting at the station where the treats are out of range
She's sitting in a carriage being jostled by the motion
Overhearing conversation, the grinding of the steel
Scenes fly past the curtains that the darkness paints uncertain
And memories are meaningless, her motives are concealed
Through countrysides and mountains and the village by the ocean
Where the stranger's waiting for her in the plushness of his car
Winding and rewinding, pushing all directions
Till the limit of implosions, which is never very far
All I ever wanted to see
Was just invisible to me
Out there in the distance the horizon meets resistance
The summer falls down drunken on the longest of the days
Rushing past the ruins of the churches and the Porsches
Reflected in the mirrors and the echoes in the haze
He drums impatient fingers on the chrome and on the leather
Running through the reasons in the corners of his mind
Sifting tiny diamonds on his shaky mental islands
Where he often claims asylum from the structures left behind
All I ever wanted to see
Was just invisible to me
The wind blows through the headstones and the maelstrom's making music
The melody reminds us the girl's still far away
Asleep in her compartment, dreaming of the darkness
As the train speeds on the darkness to the approaching day
All I ever wanted to see
Was just invisible to me
Feeling light and feeling like it's a-gonna change
Hoping for a moment for some gentle consolation
Waiting at the station where the treats are out of range
She's sitting in a carriage being jostled by the motion
Overhearing conversation, the grinding of the steel
Scenes fly past the curtains that the darkness paints uncertain
And memories are meaningless, her motives are concealed
Through countrysides and mountains and the village by the ocean
Where the stranger's waiting for her in the plushness of his car
Winding and rewinding, pushing all directions
Till the limit of implosions, which is never very far
All I ever wanted to see
Was just invisible to me
Out there in the distance the horizon meets resistance
The summer falls down drunken on the longest of the days
Rushing past the ruins of the churches and the Porsches
Reflected in the mirrors and the echoes in the haze
He drums impatient fingers on the chrome and on the leather
Running through the reasons in the corners of his mind
Sifting tiny diamonds on his shaky mental islands
Where he often claims asylum from the structures left behind
All I ever wanted to see
Was just invisible to me
The wind blows through the headstones and the maelstrom's making music
The melody reminds us the girl's still far away
Asleep in her compartment, dreaming of the darkness
As the train speeds on the darkness to the approaching day
All I ever wanted to see
Was just invisible to me
Let Y=X (Survival Mix) lyrics - The Church
I don't wanna
I don't wanna
I don't wanna be by myself
Be left on a shelf
Oh yeah
Your one and only life
Ripped from the earth with these bare hands
You dare
Question the ritual
Despite continual
Threats of "gonna get you all"
Nightmare
We ride for miles and miles
Following the howling of our prey
Out there
Reload our yellow rigs
Scrambling for shelter
Dig a void, decay
1 for the cockpit blues
2 for the Panzer crews
3 for the vast and molten sky
4 for the failed talks
5 for the knives and forks
6 for forbidden kicks
All the yobbos in the sticks
1 for the flaming sun
2 for the location
3 for the martyrs and the stars
4 for the wind and sand
5 so you understand, so you understand
[Many overlapping voices from here on]
[Female] ...system overload ...data in time, time, time, time...
[Kilbey] One, two, three, four
[Kilbey] Enjoy that?
[Female] Yeah, I did
Soon as the [?]
[Kilbey] You should be able to tell that
[Female] Well now I know
[Kilbey] And now you're going to notice it
How could he survive for that long ([Koppes] magazines, education)
How could he survive for that long
I don't wanna
I don't wanna be by myself
Be left on a shelf
Oh yeah
Your one and only life
Ripped from the earth with these bare hands
You dare
Question the ritual
Despite continual
Threats of "gonna get you all"
Nightmare
We ride for miles and miles
Following the howling of our prey
Out there
Reload our yellow rigs
Scrambling for shelter
Dig a void, decay
1 for the cockpit blues
2 for the Panzer crews
3 for the vast and molten sky
4 for the failed talks
5 for the knives and forks
6 for forbidden kicks
All the yobbos in the sticks
1 for the flaming sun
2 for the location
3 for the martyrs and the stars
4 for the wind and sand
5 so you understand, so you understand
[Many overlapping voices from here on]
[Female] ...system overload ...data in time, time, time, time...
[Kilbey] One, two, three, four
[Kilbey] Enjoy that?
[Female] Yeah, I did
Soon as the [?]
[Kilbey] You should be able to tell that
[Female] Well now I know
[Kilbey] And now you're going to notice it
How could he survive for that long ([Koppes] magazines, education)
How could he survive for that long
Sleepless.night@reality.net lyrics - The Church
Are you the same [?]
Oh yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah...
When you're gone
When you're gone
I couldn't see a way out
When you sleep
Watch you sleep
When you smile
When you're gone
No more tracks for me to run on
When you're gone
I couldn't see a way out
When you sleep
Never know the vigil I keep
To watch you sleep
When you smile
Oh yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah...
When you're gone
When you're gone
I couldn't see a way out
When you sleep
Watch you sleep
When you smile
When you're gone
No more tracks for me to run on
When you're gone
I couldn't see a way out
When you sleep
Never know the vigil I keep
To watch you sleep
When you smile
Earthfriend (Version) lyrics - The Church
(All right) Earth man
(All right) Earth man
Ahhh, Earth man
Ahhh, Earth man
All right
Night friends
Coming through the mirror
Sliding down the light
Night friends
Arriving in the garden
Stay with me tonight
Night friends
Night friends
Watching, you've been watching from a second in our century
As the minutes gain momentum like a bird, man
Watching, you've been waiting
For the other worlds to sync up to our own
Reaching, we've been reaching through the nonexistent surface
It separates our doubles from the soul man
Trying, we've been trying
To make contact with nothings all alone
(All right) Earth man
Ahhh, Earth man
Ahhh, Earth man
All right
Night friends
Coming through the mirror
Sliding down the light
Night friends
Arriving in the garden
Stay with me tonight
Night friends
Night friends
Watching, you've been watching from a second in our century
As the minutes gain momentum like a bird, man
Watching, you've been waiting
For the other worlds to sync up to our own
Reaching, we've been reaching through the nonexistent surface
It separates our doubles from the soul man
Trying, we've been trying
To make contact with nothings all alone
Down: Nostalgia And Everything After lyrics - The Church
Now that it's over I find myself leaving
The sound permeate in all directions at once
I never said goodbye to the family, lovers
Brothers and daughters, the rest of the bunch
It seems so strange that the things I was chasing
Have all evaporated like a distant dream
Petty ambition, petty obstruction
Something in between
(After the after everything, after the after everything now this)
Here is a child playing in a garden
Here is an old man with a broken heart
Here comes a train to take you away
It all goes round and round and comes back to the start
I was never really sure what I was waiting for
When the moment came I was looking away
Obsessed with a past, scared of the future
Never took the time to be here today
(After the after everything, after everything now this)
After everything now this happens
It's not a grand illusion, it's a stupid little trick
The show must go on, these people have paid
You're standing in the wings feeling kinda sick
Never really sure what you were waiting for
When the moment came you just couldn't choose
The fog sweeps down over the marine city
Standing backstage trying to pull on your shoes
(After the everything now this, after everything now this)
The sound permeate in all directions at once
I never said goodbye to the family, lovers
Brothers and daughters, the rest of the bunch
It seems so strange that the things I was chasing
Have all evaporated like a distant dream
Petty ambition, petty obstruction
Something in between
(After the after everything, after the after everything now this)
Here is a child playing in a garden
Here is an old man with a broken heart
Here comes a train to take you away
It all goes round and round and comes back to the start
I was never really sure what I was waiting for
When the moment came I was looking away
Obsessed with a past, scared of the future
Never took the time to be here today
(After the after everything, after everything now this)
After everything now this happens
It's not a grand illusion, it's a stupid little trick
The show must go on, these people have paid
You're standing in the wings feeling kinda sick
Never really sure what you were waiting for
When the moment came you just couldn't choose
The fog sweeps down over the marine city
Standing backstage trying to pull on your shoes
(After the everything now this, after everything now this)
Numbers lyrics - The Church
Oh yeah
Your one and only life
Ripped from the earth with these bare hands
You dare
Question the ritual
Despite continual
Threats of "gonna get you all"
1 law for the officers
1 for the gentlemen
2 bad you 3 know what it's 4
5 for this awful dive
6 for the genetics
7 for the lucky pricks who went into heaven
Nightmare
We ride for miles and miles
Following the howling of our prey
Out there
Reload our yellow rigs
Scrambling for shelter
Dig a void, decay
1 for the flaming sun
2 for the location
3 for the martyrs and the stars
4 for the wind and sand
5 so you understand
6 for the slips 'twixt the cup and the lips
["Come on!" is thrown in after the last singing of this verse.]
1 for the cockpit blues
2 for the Panzer crews
3 for the vast and molten sky
4 for the failed talks
5 for the knives and forks
6 for forbidden kicks
All the yobbos in the sticks
[Steve may be saying "10" after the last verse.]
[Female voice:]
[C:] ...10011...10011...
[R:] 10011...zeroes...
[L:] ...Mac AV, system overload, the audio engine was not able to process all the required data in time, time, time, time...
Your one and only life
Ripped from the earth with these bare hands
You dare
Question the ritual
Despite continual
Threats of "gonna get you all"
1 law for the officers
1 for the gentlemen
2 bad you 3 know what it's 4
5 for this awful dive
6 for the genetics
7 for the lucky pricks who went into heaven
Nightmare
We ride for miles and miles
Following the howling of our prey
Out there
Reload our yellow rigs
Scrambling for shelter
Dig a void, decay
1 for the flaming sun
2 for the location
3 for the martyrs and the stars
4 for the wind and sand
5 so you understand
6 for the slips 'twixt the cup and the lips
["Come on!" is thrown in after the last singing of this verse.]
1 for the cockpit blues
2 for the Panzer crews
3 for the vast and molten sky
4 for the failed talks
5 for the knives and forks
6 for forbidden kicks
All the yobbos in the sticks
[Steve may be saying "10" after the last verse.]
[Female voice:]
[C:] ...10011...10011...
[R:] 10011...zeroes...
[L:] ...Mac AV, system overload, the audio engine was not able to process all the required data in time, time, time, time...
After Everything lyrics - The Church
Now that it's over I find myself leaving
The sound permeate in all directions at once
I never said goodbye to the family, lovers
Brothers and daughters, the rest of the bunch
It seems so strange that the things I was chasing
Have all evaporated like a distant dream
Petty ambition, petty obstruction
Something in between
I really thought it would go on forever
Never believed they would sever the ties
All of the questions remaining unanswered
A stranger's reflection in a stranger's eyes
Here is a child playing in a garden
Here is an old man with a broken heart
Here comes a train to take you away
It all goes round and round and comes back to the start
I was never really sure what I was waiting for
When the moment came I was looking away
Obsessed with a past, scared of the future
Never took the time to be here today
After everything now this happens
It's not a grand illusion, it's a stupid little trick
The show must go on, these people have paid
You're standing in the wings feeling kinda sick
Never really sure what you were waiting for
When the moment came you just couldn't choose
The fog sweeps down over the marine city
Standing backstage trying to pull on your shoes
The sound permeate in all directions at once
I never said goodbye to the family, lovers
Brothers and daughters, the rest of the bunch
It seems so strange that the things I was chasing
Have all evaporated like a distant dream
Petty ambition, petty obstruction
Something in between
I really thought it would go on forever
Never believed they would sever the ties
All of the questions remaining unanswered
A stranger's reflection in a stranger's eyes
Here is a child playing in a garden
Here is an old man with a broken heart
Here comes a train to take you away
It all goes round and round and comes back to the start
I was never really sure what I was waiting for
When the moment came I was looking away
Obsessed with a past, scared of the future
Never took the time to be here today
After everything now this happens
It's not a grand illusion, it's a stupid little trick
The show must go on, these people have paid
You're standing in the wings feeling kinda sick
Never really sure what you were waiting for
When the moment came you just couldn't choose
The fog sweeps down over the marine city
Standing backstage trying to pull on your shoes
The Awful Ache lyrics - The Church
Esmerelda falls in love every Saturday
And on Sunday morning don't remember a thing
And the gringos are all saints of the latter day, that's the way
And it takes a little pain out of the sting
Holy water tastes as sweet as wine
Holy wine tastes just like blood
She's drinking for loss, for the man on the cross
She says no more, the awful ache
And in her bedroom there's a mirror there
Sometimes it don't reflect a thing
And from the street he sees her silhouette
And he can't forget
That her kisses are as sweet as wine
And her kisses taste like myrrh
Her love is lost, like the man on the cross
And no more, the awful ache
Esmerelda walks on down to the cemet'ry
And he's waiting for her in the shade
With the angels and the sad old trees, patiently
But she walks right past his grave
She's crying for loss, for the man on the cross
She says no more, the awful ache
She's crying for loss, and the man on the cross
She says no more, the awful ache
And on Sunday morning don't remember a thing
And the gringos are all saints of the latter day, that's the way
And it takes a little pain out of the sting
Holy water tastes as sweet as wine
Holy wine tastes just like blood
She's drinking for loss, for the man on the cross
She says no more, the awful ache
And in her bedroom there's a mirror there
Sometimes it don't reflect a thing
And from the street he sees her silhouette
And he can't forget
That her kisses are as sweet as wine
And her kisses taste like myrrh
Her love is lost, like the man on the cross
And no more, the awful ache
Esmerelda walks on down to the cemet'ry
And he's waiting for her in the shade
With the angels and the sad old trees, patiently
But she walks right past his grave
She's crying for loss, for the man on the cross
She says no more, the awful ache
She's crying for loss, and the man on the cross
She says no more, the awful ache
Song For The Asking lyrics - The Church
(I am a sailor on the water, did not find me through the dark)
I don't know, I don't know, I don't know where you go
I don't know, I don't know why I loved you so
You said it was alright
It stayed with me all night
I don't care, I don't care, I don't care where you are
I don't care, (I don't care), I don't care, I don't care who you are
You said it was too hard
You took out your trump card
Song for the asking
Song for you obviously
Song for a singer
Song for a B movie
Song for the asking
Song for you and me
I don't think, (I don't think), I don't think I've ever been to the brink
I don't think, (I don't think), I don't think I'll have another drink
You said it was enough
Then you called my bluff
Song for the asking
Song for you especially
Song for the singer
Song for a B movie
Song for the asking
Song for you and the sea
I don't guess, I don't guess the answer will be yes
I don't guess, (I don't guess), I don't guess you can't wait to undress
You said it was ready
I held myself steady
Song for the asking
Song for you especially
Song full of nothing
Song for the royalty
Song for the asking
Song for you and the sea
I don't know, I don't know, I don't know where you go
I don't know, I don't know why I loved you so
You said it was alright
It stayed with me all night
I don't care, I don't care, I don't care where you are
I don't care, (I don't care), I don't care, I don't care who you are
You said it was too hard
You took out your trump card
Song for the asking
Song for you obviously
Song for a singer
Song for a B movie
Song for the asking
Song for you and me
I don't think, (I don't think), I don't think I've ever been to the brink
I don't think, (I don't think), I don't think I'll have another drink
You said it was enough
Then you called my bluff
Song for the asking
Song for you especially
Song for the singer
Song for a B movie
Song for the asking
Song for you and the sea
I don't guess, I don't guess the answer will be yes
I don't guess, (I don't guess), I don't guess you can't wait to undress
You said it was ready
I held myself steady
Song for the asking
Song for you especially
Song full of nothing
Song for the royalty
Song for the asking
Song for you and the sea
Chromium lyrics - The Church
Silver needles
Golden eagles
Frightened faces
Basket cases
Jags and riches
Queens and witches
Electric mantras
And tight-fitting dreams
Never been so high
Never been so low
Never been so high
Gilded flowers
Long-lost hours
Morning programs
With fake suntans
Meet a maniac in the cul-de-sac
Otherwise it's this ennui
Chromium platin'
All this waiting brings me down
Suffocatin'
All those colors bring me around
Broken records
Faded labels
Songs to sing to
When you were young
A tattooed pierced arm
Fresh and perfumed
Switch your prison
Fly away
And jewels on your fingers
Tears in your dresses
Fabulous mansions
And damp little rooms
This one will shrink me
This one will grow me
Cue me to sleep
And reality looms
Golden eagles
Frightened faces
Basket cases
Jags and riches
Queens and witches
Electric mantras
And tight-fitting dreams
Never been so high
Never been so low
Never been so high
Gilded flowers
Long-lost hours
Morning programs
With fake suntans
Meet a maniac in the cul-de-sac
Otherwise it's this ennui
Chromium platin'
All this waiting brings me down
Suffocatin'
All those colors bring me around
Broken records
Faded labels
Songs to sing to
When you were young
A tattooed pierced arm
Fresh and perfumed
Switch your prison
Fly away
And jewels on your fingers
Tears in your dresses
Fabulous mansions
And damp little rooms
This one will shrink me
This one will grow me
Cue me to sleep
And reality looms
Radiance lyrics - The Church
When a cloudy morning rain touched our little town
Three small sisters and a friend walking in the fields
A strange light in the sky blotting out the sun
Whatever happens next changes all our lives
And the children ran home sobbing and half blind
Said our lady has a message for mankind
Frightened and bewildered, not making any sense
Dazzled by the virgin's radiance
And the icons in the church crying tears of blood
The water in the wells curing all who drank
Pilgrim lunatics arrive in a ragged stream
In the fields around the village sprang up tents
People from the outside world want more evidence
Four tired children questioned day and night
All they can remember is her blinding light
So the circus drifts away and the noise dies down
Life goes on as before all the people came
And the children never say what her message was
And the children ran home sobbing and half blind
Said our lady has a message for mankind
Frightened and bewildered, not making any sense
Dazzled by the virgin in her radiance
People from the outside world want more evidence
Three small sisters and a friend walking in the fields
A strange light in the sky blotting out the sun
Whatever happens next changes all our lives
And the children ran home sobbing and half blind
Said our lady has a message for mankind
Frightened and bewildered, not making any sense
Dazzled by the virgin's radiance
And the icons in the church crying tears of blood
The water in the wells curing all who drank
Pilgrim lunatics arrive in a ragged stream
In the fields around the village sprang up tents
People from the outside world want more evidence
Four tired children questioned day and night
All they can remember is her blinding light
So the circus drifts away and the noise dies down
Life goes on as before all the people came
And the children never say what her message was
And the children ran home sobbing and half blind
Said our lady has a message for mankind
Frightened and bewildered, not making any sense
Dazzled by the virgin in her radiance
People from the outside world want more evidence
Reprieve lyrics - The Church
[Slow]
When you're gone
And no more tracks for me to run on
When you're gone
I couldn't see a way out
You show me I was wrong
When you sleep
You never know the vigil I keep
Watch you sleep
Peaceful like a Buddha
Yeah you're miles deep
When you smile
It makes the whole damn thing worthwhile
When you smile
Reprieve is gonna come down
We'll live awhile in a while
[Rockin']
When you're gone
No more tracks for me to run on
When you're gone
Couldn't see a way that I was wrong
When you sleep
You never know the vigil I keep
Watch you sleep
Peaceful like the Buddha
You're so deep
When you smile
It makes the whole damn thing worthwhile
When you smile
Reprieve is gonna come down a little while
Reprieve is gonna come down a little while
[Mellow]
When you're gone
No more tracks for me to run on
When you're gone
I couldn't see a way out
You show me I was wrong
When you sleep
You never know the vigil I keep
To watch you sleep
Peaceful like the Buddha
You're miles deep
When you smile
It makes the whole damn thing worthwhile
'Cause when you smile
Reprieve is gonna come down
We'll live the while
When you're gone
And no more tracks for me to run on
When you're gone
I couldn't see a way out
You show me I was wrong
When you sleep
You never know the vigil I keep
Watch you sleep
Peaceful like a Buddha
Yeah you're miles deep
When you smile
It makes the whole damn thing worthwhile
When you smile
Reprieve is gonna come down
We'll live awhile in a while
[Rockin']
When you're gone
No more tracks for me to run on
When you're gone
Couldn't see a way that I was wrong
When you sleep
You never know the vigil I keep
Watch you sleep
Peaceful like the Buddha
You're so deep
When you smile
It makes the whole damn thing worthwhile
When you smile
Reprieve is gonna come down a little while
Reprieve is gonna come down a little while
[Mellow]
When you're gone
No more tracks for me to run on
When you're gone
I couldn't see a way out
You show me I was wrong
When you sleep
You never know the vigil I keep
To watch you sleep
Peaceful like the Buddha
You're miles deep
When you smile
It makes the whole damn thing worthwhile
'Cause when you smile
Reprieve is gonna come down
We'll live the while
Night Friends lyrics - The Church
Night friends
Coming through the mirror
Sliding down the light
Night friends
Arriving in the garden
Stay with me tonight
Night friends
Watching, you've been watching from a second in our century
As the minutes gain momentum like a bird, man
Watching, you've been waiting
For the other worlds to sync up to our own
Reaching, you've been reaching through the nonexistent surface
It separates our doubles from this soul man
Trying, we've been trying
To make contact with night friends so alone
Watching, you've been watching from a second in our century
As the minutes gain momentum like a bird, man
Waiting, we've been waiting
For other worlds to sync up to our own
Reaching, you've been reaching through the nonexistent surface
It separates our doubles from the soul man
Trying, we've been trying
To make contact with night friends so alone
Loving, we've been loving
But sometimes hate is better
You can't keep out the killers with love, man
Hating, we've been hating
But only love can heal up the hate (all right)
Coming through the mirror
Sliding down the light
Night friends
Arriving in the garden
Stay with me tonight
Night friends
Watching, you've been watching from a second in our century
As the minutes gain momentum like a bird, man
Watching, you've been waiting
For the other worlds to sync up to our own
Reaching, you've been reaching through the nonexistent surface
It separates our doubles from this soul man
Trying, we've been trying
To make contact with night friends so alone
Watching, you've been watching from a second in our century
As the minutes gain momentum like a bird, man
Waiting, we've been waiting
For other worlds to sync up to our own
Reaching, you've been reaching through the nonexistent surface
It separates our doubles from the soul man
Trying, we've been trying
To make contact with night friends so alone
Loving, we've been loving
But sometimes hate is better
You can't keep out the killers with love, man
Hating, we've been hating
But only love can heal up the hate (all right)
Seen It Coming lyrics - The Church
Hey man, think it through now
Why don't you stay for a while
Eve and Aurora gonna come on over
Know they're gonna make make you smile
And cool your heels
I know just how it feels
You should've seen it coming
Been coming for some time
You've got your broken heart
And I've got mine
Yeah, she said it's over
But it was over right from the start
You ain't gonna tell me that you were a saint
Every time you two were apart
You blew your chance
So face the music and dance
You should've seen it coming
Been coming for some time
You've got your broken heart
I've got mine
You've got your broken heart
I've got mine
You should've seen it coming
...some time
You've got your broken heart
And I feel fine (feel so fine)
Talk about it (feel so fine)
Why don't you stay for a while
Eve and Aurora gonna come on over
Know they're gonna make make you smile
And cool your heels
I know just how it feels
You should've seen it coming
Been coming for some time
You've got your broken heart
And I've got mine
Yeah, she said it's over
But it was over right from the start
You ain't gonna tell me that you were a saint
Every time you two were apart
You blew your chance
So face the music and dance
You should've seen it coming
Been coming for some time
You've got your broken heart
I've got mine
You've got your broken heart
I've got mine
You should've seen it coming
...some time
You've got your broken heart
And I feel fine (feel so fine)
Talk about it (feel so fine)
Invisible lyrics - The Church
Sitting in the shadows and the evening oscillating
Feeling light and fading like it's never gonna change
Hoping for a moment for some gentle consolation
Waiting at the station where the trains are out of range
She's sitting in a carriage being jostled by the motion
Overhearing conversation, the grinding of the steel
Scenes fly past the curtains that the darkness paints uncertain
And memories are meaningless, her motives are concealed
Through countrysides and mountains and the village by the ocean
Where the stranger's waiting for her in the plushness of his car
Winding and rewinding, pushing all directions
Till the limit of implosions, which is never very far
All I ever wanted to see
Was just invisible to me
Out there in the distance the horizon meets resistance
The summer falls down drunken on the longest of the days
Rushing past the ruins of the churches and the Porsches
Reflected in the mirrors and the echoes and the haze
He drums impatient fingers on the chrome and on the leather
Running through the reasons in the corners of his mind
Sifting tiny diamonds on his shaky mental islands
Where he often claims asylum from the structures left behind
The wind blows through the headstones and the milestones making music
The melody reminds us the girl's still far away
Asleep in her compartment, dreaming of the darkness
As the train speeds on regardless to the approaching day
All I ever wanted to see
Was just invisible to me
Feeling light and fading like it's never gonna change
Hoping for a moment for some gentle consolation
Waiting at the station where the trains are out of range
She's sitting in a carriage being jostled by the motion
Overhearing conversation, the grinding of the steel
Scenes fly past the curtains that the darkness paints uncertain
And memories are meaningless, her motives are concealed
Through countrysides and mountains and the village by the ocean
Where the stranger's waiting for her in the plushness of his car
Winding and rewinding, pushing all directions
Till the limit of implosions, which is never very far
All I ever wanted to see
Was just invisible to me
Out there in the distance the horizon meets resistance
The summer falls down drunken on the longest of the days
Rushing past the ruins of the churches and the Porsches
Reflected in the mirrors and the echoes and the haze
He drums impatient fingers on the chrome and on the leather
Running through the reasons in the corners of his mind
Sifting tiny diamonds on his shaky mental islands
Where he often claims asylum from the structures left behind
The wind blows through the headstones and the milestones making music
The melody reminds us the girl's still far away
Asleep in her compartment, dreaming of the darkness
As the train speeds on regardless to the approaching day
All I ever wanted to see
Was just invisible to me
The Faith Healer lyrics - The Church
(originally by Alex Harvey)
If your body's feelin' bad
And it's the only one you have
You want to take away the pain
And go out walkin' in the rain
You watch the flowers go to bed
Ask the man inside your head
Your spirit never have to grieve
All ya got to do's believe
The faith healer
The faith healer
All ya got to do is feel
Your body gonna start to heal
Fingertips and holy fire
Everlasting sweet desire
It don't matter what the doctor said
The healer man will sail away
Immortality for who
The miracles come to you
The faith healer
The faith healer
Can I put my hands on you?
Can I put my hands on you?
Faith, and hope and charity
Simple relativity
He can make you understand
All you gotta take, his hand
Remember what somebody said
Ask the man inside your head
Fingertips and holy fire
Everlasting sweet desire
If your body's feelin' bad
And it's the only one you have
You want to take away the pain
And go out walkin' in the rain
You watch the flowers go to bed
Ask the man inside your head
Your spirit never have to grieve
All ya got to do's believe
The faith healer
The faith healer
All ya got to do is feel
Your body gonna start to heal
Fingertips and holy fire
Everlasting sweet desire
It don't matter what the doctor said
The healer man will sail away
Immortality for who
The miracles come to you
The faith healer
The faith healer
Can I put my hands on you?
Can I put my hands on you?
Faith, and hope and charity
Simple relativity
He can make you understand
All you gotta take, his hand
Remember what somebody said
Ask the man inside your head
Fingertips and holy fire
Everlasting sweet desire
It's All Too Much lyrics - The Church
(originally by The Beatles)
It's all too much
When I look into your eyes
Your love is there for me
The deeper that I go inside
The more there is to see
It's all too much for me to take
The love that's shining all around you
And everywhere, it's what you make
For me to take, it's all too much
Floating down the sea of time
From life to life with me
Makes no difference where you are
Or where you'd like to be
It's all too much for me to take
The love that's shining all around you
And all the world is birthday cake
So take a piece but not too much
Set me on a silver sun
Where I know that I'm free
Show me that I'm everywhere
And get me home for tea
It's all to much for me to see
A love that's shining all around here
The more I learn, the less I know
And what I do is all too much
It's all too much for me to take
The love that's shining all around here
And everything is what you make
For me to take, it's all too much
(It's all too much)
We're gonna rock down to Electric Avenue
Then we'll take you higher
Good God!
With your long blond hair and your eyes of brown
With your long blond hair and your eyes of brown
Too much
Too much
It's all too much
When I look into your eyes
Your love is there for me
The deeper that I go inside
The more there is to see
It's all too much for me to take
The love that's shining all around you
And everywhere, it's what you make
For me to take, it's all too much
Floating down the sea of time
From life to life with me
Makes no difference where you are
Or where you'd like to be
It's all too much for me to take
The love that's shining all around you
And all the world is birthday cake
So take a piece but not too much
Set me on a silver sun
Where I know that I'm free
Show me that I'm everywhere
And get me home for tea
It's all to much for me to see
A love that's shining all around here
The more I learn, the less I know
And what I do is all too much
It's all too much for me to take
The love that's shining all around here
And everything is what you make
For me to take, it's all too much
(It's all too much)
We're gonna rock down to Electric Avenue
Then we'll take you higher
Good God!
With your long blond hair and your eyes of brown
With your long blond hair and your eyes of brown
Too much
Too much
Hiroshima Mon Amour lyrics - The Church
(originally by Ultravox)
Somehow we drifted off too far
Communicate like distant stars
Splintered voices down the phone
The sunlit dust, the smell of roses drifts, oh no
Someone waits behind the door
Hiroshima mon amour
Riding inter-city trains
Dressed in European grey
Riding out to echo beach
A million memories in the trees and sands, oh no
How can I ever let them go?
Hiroshima mon amour
Deep beneath the autumn lake
Where only echoes penetrate
Walk through polaroids of the past
Futures fused like shattered glass, the suns so low
Turns our silhouettes to gold
Hiroshima mon amour
Somehow we drifted off too far
Communicate like distant stars
Splintered voices down the phone
The sunlit dust, the smell of roses drifts, oh no
Someone waits behind the door
Hiroshima mon amour
Riding inter-city trains
Dressed in European grey
Riding out to echo beach
A million memories in the trees and sands, oh no
How can I ever let them go?
Hiroshima mon amour
Deep beneath the autumn lake
Where only echoes penetrate
Walk through polaroids of the past
Futures fused like shattered glass, the suns so low
Turns our silhouettes to gold
Hiroshima mon amour
The Porpoise Song lyrics - The Church
(originally by The Monkees)
My, my, the clock in the sky is pounding away
There's so much to say
A face, a voice, an overdub has no choice
And it cannot rejoice
Wanting to see, to know and to be
Crying to the sky
And the porpoise is waiting good-bye, good-bye
good-bye, good-bye, good-bye
Clicks, clacks
Riding the backs of giraffes for laughs is alright for a while
The ego sings of castles and kings and things
That go with a life of style
Wanting to feel, to know what is real
Living is a lie
And the porpoise is laughing good-bye, good-bye
Good-bye, good-bye, good-bye
Good-bye, good-bye, good-bye
Good-bye, good-bye, good-bye
My, my, the clock in the sky is pounding away
There's so much to say
A face, a voice, an overdub has no choice
And it cannot rejoice
Wanting to see, to know and to be
Crying to the sky
And the porpoise is waiting good-bye, good-bye
good-bye, good-bye, good-bye
Clicks, clacks
Riding the backs of giraffes for laughs is alright for a while
The ego sings of castles and kings and things
That go with a life of style
Wanting to feel, to know what is real
Living is a lie
And the porpoise is laughing good-bye, good-bye
Good-bye, good-bye, good-bye
Good-bye, good-bye, good-bye
Good-bye, good-bye, good-bye
Decadence lyrics - The Church
(originally by Kevin Ayers)
Watch her out there on display
Dancing in her sleepy way
And all her visions start to play
The icicles of our decay, Marlene
Drink it to Marlene
Fading flowers in her hair
She's suffering from wear and tear
She lies in waterfalls of dreams
And doesn't question what it means, Marlene
We drink it to Marlene
And all along the desert shore
She wanders further evermore
The only thing that's left to try
She says to live I have to die, Marlene
We drink it to Marlene
Marlene
We drink it to Marlene
She whispers sadly, "Well I might"
And holds herself so very tight
Then jumping from an unknown height
She merges with the liquid night, Marlene
Marlene
We drink it to Marlene
Her lovers wrap her mist in furs
And tell her what she has is hers
But when they take her by the hand
She slips back in the desert sand
Our Marlene
We drink it to Marlene
Marlene
But what she leaves is made of glass
And lovers worship as they pass
And each one says, "Well, now she's mine"
But all drink solitary wine
Marlene
Marlene
Fare thee well
Fare thee well
Marlene
Marlene
Watch her out there on display
Dancing in her sleepy way
And all her visions start to play
The icicles of our decay, Marlene
Drink it to Marlene
Fading flowers in her hair
She's suffering from wear and tear
She lies in waterfalls of dreams
And doesn't question what it means, Marlene
We drink it to Marlene
And all along the desert shore
She wanders further evermore
The only thing that's left to try
She says to live I have to die, Marlene
We drink it to Marlene
Marlene
We drink it to Marlene
She whispers sadly, "Well I might"
And holds herself so very tight
Then jumping from an unknown height
She merges with the liquid night, Marlene
Marlene
We drink it to Marlene
Her lovers wrap her mist in furs
And tell her what she has is hers
But when they take her by the hand
She slips back in the desert sand
Our Marlene
We drink it to Marlene
Marlene
But what she leaves is made of glass
And lovers worship as they pass
And each one says, "Well, now she's mine"
But all drink solitary wine
Marlene
Marlene
Fare thee well
Fare thee well
Marlene
Marlene
The Endless Sea lyrics - The Church
(originally by Iggy Pop)
Oh babe, what a place to be
In the service of the bourgeoisie
Where can my believers be
I want to jump into the endless sea
Ohh, the endless sea (endless)
Ohh, the endless sea (endless)
I want to jump into the endless sea (endless)
Feel it wash all over me
The brother says a dirty sky (endless)
Full of fumes and liquors (endless)
A little girl, a little guy (endless)
This air couldn't get much thicker
Ohh, the endless sea (endless)
Ohh, the endless sea (endless)
I want to jump into the endless sea (endless)
Ohh, the endless sea
And when you die for the red
You think you're gonna break
You know you've been good
It's just a phony undertake
You better go home daddy
You better go home daddy
I think you better go home buddy
You better go home buddy
Oh babe, what a place to be
In the service of the bourgeoisie
Where can my believers be
I want to jump into the endless sea
Ohh, the endless sea (endless)
Ohh, the endless sea (endless)
I want to jump into the endless sea (endless)
Feel it wash all over me
The brother says a dirty sky (endless)
Full of fumes and liquors (endless)
A little girl, a little guy (endless)
This air couldn't get much thicker
Ohh, the endless sea (endless)
Ohh, the endless sea (endless)
I want to jump into the endless sea (endless)
Ohh, the endless sea
And when you die for the red
You think you're gonna break
You know you've been good
It's just a phony undertake
You better go home daddy
You better go home daddy
I think you better go home buddy
You better go home buddy
Friction lyrics - The Church
(originally by Television)
I knew it musta been some big set-up
All the action just would not let up
It's justa little bit back from the main road
Where the silence spreads and the men dig holes
I begin to spin the tale
You complain about my diction
It gives me friction
It gives me friction
But I like friction
My eyes are like telescopes
I see it all backwards, but who wants hope?
If I ever catch that ventriloquist
I'll squeeze his head right into my fist
Something comes a-crashin' in
What is it, what's the prediction?
I'll bet you it's friction
I'll bet you it's friction
But I like friction
How'd the snake get out of the skin?
All it took was a little friction
Stop this head motion and set sail
You know all us boys gonna wind up in jail
And I don't wanna grow up
It's too much contradiction
And too much friction
And too much friction
I'm crazy about friction
F - r - i - c - t- i - o - n
Friction
Friction
I knew it musta been some big set-up
All the action just would not let up
It's justa little bit back from the main road
Where the silence spreads and the men dig holes
I begin to spin the tale
You complain about my diction
It gives me friction
It gives me friction
But I like friction
My eyes are like telescopes
I see it all backwards, but who wants hope?
If I ever catch that ventriloquist
I'll squeeze his head right into my fist
Something comes a-crashin' in
What is it, what's the prediction?
I'll bet you it's friction
I'll bet you it's friction
But I like friction
How'd the snake get out of the skin?
All it took was a little friction
Stop this head motion and set sail
You know all us boys gonna wind up in jail
And I don't wanna grow up
It's too much contradiction
And too much friction
And too much friction
I'm crazy about friction
F - r - i - c - t- i - o - n
Friction
Friction
All The Young Dudes lyrics - The Church
(originally by Mott The Hoople)
Well, Billy rapped all night about his suicide
How he kick it in the head when he reached twenty-five
Speed jive, don't want to stay alive
When you're twenty-five
And Wendy's stealing clothes from Marks and Sparks
And Freedy's got spots from ripping off the stars from his face
Funky little boat race
Now, the television man is crazy saying we're juvenile delinquent wrecks
Oh man, I need TV when I got T Rex
Oh brother you guessed
All the young dudes
Carry the news
Boogaloo dudes
Carry the news
Now Lucy looks sweet cause she dresses like a queen
And she can kick like a mule, it's a real mean team
But we can love, oh yeah, we can love
And my brother's back at home with his Beatles and his Stones
We never got it off on that revolution stuff
What a drag, too many snags
Now I've drunk a lot of wine and I'm feeling fine
Gonna race some cat to bed
Is this concrete all around
Or is it in my head?
Oh brother you you guessed
All the young dudes (Hey, dudes!)
Carry the news (Stand up!)
Boogaloo dudes (I want to kiss you!)
Carry the news
All the young dudes (I want to talk to you!)
Carry the news (I want to see you, dudes!)
Boogaloo dudes (laughter)
Carry the news (I want to kiss you!)
All the young dudes (Stand up!)
Carry the news (I want to kiss you!)
Boogaloo dudes (laughter)
Carry the news (I want to talk to you, dudes!)
All the young dudes (Stand up!)
Carry the news (What dudes!)
Boogaloo dudes (I want to kiss you!)
Carry the news (Ahh, I want to see you, dudes!)
All the young dudes (Ah, I want to talk to you!)
Carry the news (What dudes!)
Boogaloo dudes (I want to kiss you!)
Carry the news (I want to kiss you)
All the young dudes (Yeah, do you know what I'm...what I'm talking about?)
Carry the news (I want to kiss you)
Boogaloo dudes
Carry the news (Stand up!)
All the young dudes (I want to talk to dudes!)
(I want to see!)
Well, Billy rapped all night about his suicide
How he kick it in the head when he reached twenty-five
Speed jive, don't want to stay alive
When you're twenty-five
And Wendy's stealing clothes from Marks and Sparks
And Freedy's got spots from ripping off the stars from his face
Funky little boat race
Now, the television man is crazy saying we're juvenile delinquent wrecks
Oh man, I need TV when I got T Rex
Oh brother you guessed
All the young dudes
Carry the news
Boogaloo dudes
Carry the news
Now Lucy looks sweet cause she dresses like a queen
And she can kick like a mule, it's a real mean team
But we can love, oh yeah, we can love
And my brother's back at home with his Beatles and his Stones
We never got it off on that revolution stuff
What a drag, too many snags
Now I've drunk a lot of wine and I'm feeling fine
Gonna race some cat to bed
Is this concrete all around
Or is it in my head?
Oh brother you you guessed
All the young dudes (Hey, dudes!)
Carry the news (Stand up!)
Boogaloo dudes (I want to kiss you!)
Carry the news
All the young dudes (I want to talk to you!)
Carry the news (I want to see you, dudes!)
Boogaloo dudes (laughter)
Carry the news (I want to kiss you!)
All the young dudes (Stand up!)
Carry the news (I want to kiss you!)
Boogaloo dudes (laughter)
Carry the news (I want to talk to you, dudes!)
All the young dudes (Stand up!)
Carry the news (What dudes!)
Boogaloo dudes (I want to kiss you!)
Carry the news (Ahh, I want to see you, dudes!)
All the young dudes (Ah, I want to talk to you!)
Carry the news (What dudes!)
Boogaloo dudes (I want to kiss you!)
Carry the news (I want to kiss you)
All the young dudes (Yeah, do you know what I'm...what I'm talking about?)
Carry the news (I want to kiss you)
Boogaloo dudes
Carry the news (Stand up!)
All the young dudes (I want to talk to dudes!)
(I want to see!)
Silver Machine lyrics - The Church
(originally by Hawkwind)
I, I just took a ride
On a silver machine
And I'm still feeling mean
Oh, do you want to ride
See yourself going by
The other side of the sky
You gotta know where I've been
And it flies sideways through time
It's an electric line
To all the Zodiac signs
I got a silver machine (silver machine)
I got a silver machine (silver machine)
I got a silver machine (silver machine)
In my silver machine
It flies out of a dream
It's antiseptically clean
You gotta know what I mean
Oh, do you want to ride
See yourself going by
The other side of the sky
In a silver machine
Silver machine!
Silver machine!
I, I just took a ride
On a silver machine
And I'm still feeling mean
Oh, do you want to ride
See yourself going by
The other side of the sky
You gotta know where I've been
And it flies sideways through time
It's an electric line
To all the Zodiac signs
I got a silver machine (silver machine)
I got a silver machine (silver machine)
I got a silver machine (silver machine)
In my silver machine
It flies out of a dream
It's antiseptically clean
You gotta know what I mean
Oh, do you want to ride
See yourself going by
The other side of the sky
In a silver machine
Silver machine!
Silver machine!
Cortez The Killer lyrics - The Church
(originally by Neil Young)
He came dancing across the water
With galleons and his guns
Looking for the new world
A palace in the sun
On the shore lay Montezuma
With his cocoa leaves and his pearls
In his halls he often wondered
With the secrets of the worlds
And his subjects gathered 'round him
Like the leaves around a tree
In their coats of many colors
For the angry gods to see
And the women all were beautiful
The men were tall and strong
He offered life in sacrifice
So that others could go on
War was just a legend
Hate was quite unknown
And the people worked together
And they lifted many stones
And they carried them to the flatlands
And they died along the way
But they raised up with their bare hands
What we still can't do today
And I know she's living there
She loves me to this day
I still don't know where
Or how I lost my way
He came dancing across the water
Cortez, Cortez
What a killer
What a killer
He came dancing across the water
With galleons and his guns
Looking for the new world
A palace in the sun
On the shore lay Montezuma
With his cocoa leaves and his pearls
In his halls he often wondered
With the secrets of the worlds
And his subjects gathered 'round him
Like the leaves around a tree
In their coats of many colors
For the angry gods to see
And the women all were beautiful
The men were tall and strong
He offered life in sacrifice
So that others could go on
War was just a legend
Hate was quite unknown
And the people worked together
And they lifted many stones
And they carried them to the flatlands
And they died along the way
But they raised up with their bare hands
What we still can't do today
And I know she's living there
She loves me to this day
I still don't know where
Or how I lost my way
He came dancing across the water
Cortez, Cortez
What a killer
What a killer
Anaesthesia lyrics - The Church
I remember going out yeah
Everything is spinning round
Remember feeling like I'd drowned
Behind the veil is a sea yeah
Only entered into chemically
Anaesthesia down so deep
Anaesthesia's numbing
Anaesthesia's coming to you
I don't know why
Seems like I'm flying
On the ground, in the air
Slow-mo don't know
I can't stop or go
Where's the show, where
I got a feeling about someone
I do not know where
So many things need fixing everywhere
Anaesthesia tells me "slow down a little more"
She says "why not sleep a little more"
And tiptoe softly to the door
Anaesthesia's numbing
Anaesthesia's coming to you
I don't know why
Seems like I'm flying
On the ground, in the air
Anaesthesia's soothing
Anaesthesia's moving with you
I don't know how
It seems like now
It seems like never to me
I remember going out yeah
Everything was spinning round
Remember feeling like I'd drowned
Anaesthesia's numbing
Anaesthesia's coming to you
I don't know why
Seems like I'm flying
On the ground, in the air
Anaesthesia's soothing
Anaesthesia's moving with me
I don't know how
It seems like now
It seems like never to me
Anaesthesia's soothing
Anaesthesia's moving
Everything is spinning round
Remember feeling like I'd drowned
Behind the veil is a sea yeah
Only entered into chemically
Anaesthesia down so deep
Anaesthesia's numbing
Anaesthesia's coming to you
I don't know why
Seems like I'm flying
On the ground, in the air
Slow-mo don't know
I can't stop or go
Where's the show, where
I got a feeling about someone
I do not know where
So many things need fixing everywhere
Anaesthesia tells me "slow down a little more"
She says "why not sleep a little more"
And tiptoe softly to the door
Anaesthesia's numbing
Anaesthesia's coming to you
I don't know why
Seems like I'm flying
On the ground, in the air
Anaesthesia's soothing
Anaesthesia's moving with you
I don't know how
It seems like now
It seems like never to me
I remember going out yeah
Everything was spinning round
Remember feeling like I'd drowned
Anaesthesia's numbing
Anaesthesia's coming to you
I don't know why
Seems like I'm flying
On the ground, in the air
Anaesthesia's soothing
Anaesthesia's moving with me
I don't know how
It seems like now
It seems like never to me
Anaesthesia's soothing
Anaesthesia's moving
Ricochet lyrics - The Church
After the demise of our beloved leader
Everybody knew that something had to give
Cassandra she told me
But no-one would believe her
I wish I had helped her more than I did
We tried to overcome the threat of the monster
We tried to kneel down and call up the beast
Maria she told me
That her kid had just appeared one day
I just can't tell who I adore the least
The rivers run astray
Ricochet
Night feels just like day
Ricochet
And everybody just walk away
In one side of my mind resides a controller
In one side of my mind revolves a relief
And one pain in my brain remains unchanged
I say you cannot explain the grief
Once in a while when the wind has slowed it down
Me and the girls visit struggle town
There's a shop down there
Selling skulls and powder
But don't ask any questions about her
You can't be a lover if you want to keep on using
What are you using that's stronger than the love
Sometimes I'm knocked out by the damage that you're doing
Knocked out, locked out, push comes to shove
Listen to the wind tearing at the windows
Watching how the white moon melts into the cloud
Important little tyrants, impotent little pharaohs
Man of sorrows lost into the crowd
The rivers run astray
Ricochet
And light feels just like day
Ricochet
And everybody walk away
So if the ladies ask you over to play
Just beware of the ricochet
Everybody knew that something had to give
Cassandra she told me
But no-one would believe her
I wish I had helped her more than I did
We tried to overcome the threat of the monster
We tried to kneel down and call up the beast
Maria she told me
That her kid had just appeared one day
I just can't tell who I adore the least
The rivers run astray
Ricochet
Night feels just like day
Ricochet
And everybody just walk away
In one side of my mind resides a controller
In one side of my mind revolves a relief
And one pain in my brain remains unchanged
I say you cannot explain the grief
Once in a while when the wind has slowed it down
Me and the girls visit struggle town
There's a shop down there
Selling skulls and powder
But don't ask any questions about her
You can't be a lover if you want to keep on using
What are you using that's stronger than the love
Sometimes I'm knocked out by the damage that you're doing
Knocked out, locked out, push comes to shove
Listen to the wind tearing at the windows
Watching how the white moon melts into the cloud
Important little tyrants, impotent little pharaohs
Man of sorrows lost into the crowd
The rivers run astray
Ricochet
And light feels just like day
Ricochet
And everybody walk away
So if the ladies ask you over to play
Just beware of the ricochet
Louisiana lyrics - The Church
Empty birdcage in her room
Curtains pulled against the moon
Follow her down to Louisiana
Hotel room with the bedside manner
God I've got to get back soon
She wriggles like a fish in a net
Details you can never forget
One thing or another
Never anybody considering the regret
That's my story
Cost a fortune
Louisiana
Black rain falling in the night
Strangers meet in the lamp light
Once in her life Louisiana
Standing alone out on the veranda
Christ I must have been a sight
She struggles like a leaf in the wind
Waiting for the music to begin
One thing or another
Always missed another lover
What a state I'm in
That's my story
Nothing special
Louisiana
Billy moved to Abilene
Lou is searching for morphine
Next stop is Louisiana
No one there with a welcome banner
I don't suppose that they're too keen
She juggled her gentlemen friends
And suddenly the war ends
Coming home finding other men in hiding
Biding her lonely weekends
What a story
Cast of thousands
Louisiana
Empty birdcage in her room
Shadows shrunk against the moon
Follow her down to Louisiana
Hotel room with the bedside manner
God I've got to get back soon
God I've got to get back soon
God I've got to get back soon
Curtains pulled against the moon
Follow her down to Louisiana
Hotel room with the bedside manner
God I've got to get back soon
She wriggles like a fish in a net
Details you can never forget
One thing or another
Never anybody considering the regret
That's my story
Cost a fortune
Louisiana
Black rain falling in the night
Strangers meet in the lamp light
Once in her life Louisiana
Standing alone out on the veranda
Christ I must have been a sight
She struggles like a leaf in the wind
Waiting for the music to begin
One thing or another
Always missed another lover
What a state I'm in
That's my story
Nothing special
Louisiana
Billy moved to Abilene
Lou is searching for morphine
Next stop is Louisiana
No one there with a welcome banner
I don't suppose that they're too keen
She juggled her gentlemen friends
And suddenly the war ends
Coming home finding other men in hiding
Biding her lonely weekends
What a story
Cast of thousands
Louisiana
Empty birdcage in her room
Shadows shrunk against the moon
Follow her down to Louisiana
Hotel room with the bedside manner
God I've got to get back soon
God I've got to get back soon
God I've got to get back soon
The Great Machine lyrics - The Church
A thousand beggars cram the streets
You hit so deep into the sheets
Pontoons buckle jungle beats
The day they turned off the great machine
The overworld so slow with ice
Contrary to the committees advice
Oh baby did you look so nice
The day they turned off the great machine
The gardens choke with bursting blooms
Weddings frozen melted grooms
Chasing you through endless rooms
The day they turned off the great machine
The shadows run for phantom trains
Slowly blowing out their brains
Society dames down the drains
The day they turned off the great machine
(The day they turned off the great machine)
Well I'm waiting for you in the square
Everyone was meeting there
Everyone, yeah, there, but unaware
The day they turned off the great machine
(The day they turned off the great machine)
You hit so deep into the sheets
Pontoons buckle jungle beats
The day they turned off the great machine
The overworld so slow with ice
Contrary to the committees advice
Oh baby did you look so nice
The day they turned off the great machine
The gardens choke with bursting blooms
Weddings frozen melted grooms
Chasing you through endless rooms
The day they turned off the great machine
The shadows run for phantom trains
Slowly blowing out their brains
Society dames down the drains
The day they turned off the great machine
(The day they turned off the great machine)
Well I'm waiting for you in the square
Everyone was meeting there
Everyone, yeah, there, but unaware
The day they turned off the great machine
(The day they turned off the great machine)
No Certainty Attached lyrics - The Church
You can't confuse me
You can't take me on as you are
You don't dare refuse me
'cause I know where in the garden you buried your star
Slow it down, low down
You better break it up
No certainty attached
Slow it down, low down
No certainty attached
Crows in the armor
You feel tiny pangs of pain
I thought you were the cat's pajamas
Is there something here should be explained
Slow it down, low down
You better take it off
No certainty attached
Slow it down, low down
No certainty attached
I'll keep on riding on my star
I'll hold on to it's icy edge
I'll keep on crashing out of space
I'll keep on...
Girls in the windows
Windows in the houses in the streets
Street street streets in the city
City in the country from the clouds
Slow it down, low down
You better break it up
No certainty attached
Slow it down, low down
No certainty attached
Slow it down, low down
Slow it down, low down
We're gonna rise above it all
We're gonna pull the curtain back
We're gonna drop right out the sky
We're gonna...
You can't take me on as you are
You don't dare refuse me
'cause I know where in the garden you buried your star
Slow it down, low down
You better break it up
No certainty attached
Slow it down, low down
No certainty attached
Crows in the armor
You feel tiny pangs of pain
I thought you were the cat's pajamas
Is there something here should be explained
Slow it down, low down
You better take it off
No certainty attached
Slow it down, low down
No certainty attached
I'll keep on riding on my star
I'll hold on to it's icy edge
I'll keep on crashing out of space
I'll keep on...
Girls in the windows
Windows in the houses in the streets
Street street streets in the city
City in the country from the clouds
Slow it down, low down
You better break it up
No certainty attached
Slow it down, low down
No certainty attached
Slow it down, low down
Slow it down, low down
We're gonna rise above it all
We're gonna pull the curtain back
We're gonna drop right out the sky
We're gonna...
Tranquility lyrics - The Chruch
I heard about Maria, she hated the rat race
And she escaped to a beautiful place
Birds of neo-paradise groove in the trees
The name of her town is Tranquility
Protected by her mantra
Following the formula
In the sun thy will be done
And chasing her rainbows
Talking with the animals
Who say "You see, it's Tranquility"
Under shifting dimensions horizon returns
Smoke in the distance as Babylon burns
Summer in the river scattering the net
And long to remember that it hasn't happened yet
Protected by her mantra
Following the orchestra
In the sun thy will be done
Chasing her rainbows
Talking with the animals
Who say "You see, it's Tranquility"
Protected by her mantra
Following the nebula
In the sun thy will be done
Chasing her rainbows
Talking with the animals
Who say "You see, it's Tranquility"
Boys I've had enough
There's no more smooth just rough
Don't go looking for me
Leave me
In Tranquility
And she escaped to a beautiful place
Birds of neo-paradise groove in the trees
The name of her town is Tranquility
Protected by her mantra
Following the formula
In the sun thy will be done
And chasing her rainbows
Talking with the animals
Who say "You see, it's Tranquility"
Under shifting dimensions horizon returns
Smoke in the distance as Babylon burns
Summer in the river scattering the net
And long to remember that it hasn't happened yet
Protected by her mantra
Following the orchestra
In the sun thy will be done
Chasing her rainbows
Talking with the animals
Who say "You see, it's Tranquility"
Protected by her mantra
Following the nebula
In the sun thy will be done
Chasing her rainbows
Talking with the animals
Who say "You see, it's Tranquility"
Boys I've had enough
There's no more smooth just rough
Don't go looking for me
Leave me
In Tranquility
Buffalo lyrics - The Church
Snow came up Friday, I gotta go
Spending winter up in Buffalo
Someone I met there is calling me so
You've got to escape the blues man, don't you know
Days of sinking summer packed up and gone
Nothing helps me, there's nothing wrong
It was so pleasant, incandescent, it's over now
We should get going
Lady I know there, name of Christina
The six lonely lifetimes since I've seen her
She takes you places your heart cannot go
During the winter up in Buffalo
Days by her fire, dazed in the glow
Winter surrounds us up in Buffalo
Days of drowsy pleasure in the afternoon dark
We drift together, we drift apart
She's got the wherewithal, she's got the knowledge
It's wonderful
I should be going
Out there the Snow Queen is kidnapping boys
Her block-of-ice heart tunes out the noise
And soft in the bedroom her eyes indigo
Sleeping in the winter in Buffalo
Down in Buffalo
Spending winter up in Buffalo
Someone I met there is calling me so
You've got to escape the blues man, don't you know
Days of sinking summer packed up and gone
Nothing helps me, there's nothing wrong
It was so pleasant, incandescent, it's over now
We should get going
Lady I know there, name of Christina
The six lonely lifetimes since I've seen her
She takes you places your heart cannot go
During the winter up in Buffalo
Days by her fire, dazed in the glow
Winter surrounds us up in Buffalo
Days of drowsy pleasure in the afternoon dark
We drift together, we drift apart
She's got the wherewithal, she's got the knowledge
It's wonderful
I should be going
Out there the Snow Queen is kidnapping boys
Her block-of-ice heart tunes out the noise
And soft in the bedroom her eyes indigo
Sleeping in the winter in Buffalo
Down in Buffalo
This Is It lyrics - The Church
He had a room in the best part of town
He got a chocolate on his eiderdown
Staring out over roofs at the Cross
Suppose he must have felt somewhat at loss
This is it, oh
This is it
And this is it, oh baby
And this is it
You couldn't say he was feeling very vibed
What had the quack in London prescribed
You couldn't really say he seemed to care
Sometimes he acted, he wasn't anywhere
This is it, oh baby
This is it
This is it, oh
This is it
Watching things you put up start to crash
Even though you've got a fistful of cash
Watching the future it bursts on through
I was one of those who used to envy you
I knew a wise man who didn't own a thing
I knew a happy man who made me feel sad
You never know what the other guy is thinking
Too bad
Sometimes you come upon a fork in the road
What was waiting there he never could have known
Split-second difference, one tiny percent
Yeah, he came and he went
This is it, oh baby
This is it
This is it, oh
This is it
He got a chocolate on his eiderdown
Staring out over roofs at the Cross
Suppose he must have felt somewhat at loss
This is it, oh
This is it
And this is it, oh baby
And this is it
You couldn't say he was feeling very vibed
What had the quack in London prescribed
You couldn't really say he seemed to care
Sometimes he acted, he wasn't anywhere
This is it, oh baby
This is it
This is it, oh
This is it
Watching things you put up start to crash
Even though you've got a fistful of cash
Watching the future it bursts on through
I was one of those who used to envy you
I knew a wise man who didn't own a thing
I knew a happy man who made me feel sad
You never know what the other guy is thinking
Too bad
Sometimes you come upon a fork in the road
What was waiting there he never could have known
Split-second difference, one tiny percent
Yeah, he came and he went
This is it, oh baby
This is it
This is it, oh
This is it
Another Earth lyrics - The Church
At the back of your mind
Where you hide your real self
Lay down your head
You see her once more
She wants the moon and stars
She, she needs some time and space
She (wants another Earth) (Bastard Universe)
(Wants another Earth) (hear it coming now)
She wants the moon and stars
At the end of the day
When the light is so soft
You take off your mask
See she's never around
She wants the moon and stars
She, she wants the world to end
She (wants another Earth) (Bastard Universe)
(Wants another Earth) (hear it coming now)
She wants the moon and stars
She, she wants the world to end
She, she needs some time and space
She, she wants another Earth
She needs some time and space
She wants another Earth
Where you hide your real self
Lay down your head
You see her once more
She wants the moon and stars
She, she needs some time and space
She (wants another Earth) (Bastard Universe)
(Wants another Earth) (hear it coming now)
She wants the moon and stars
At the end of the day
When the light is so soft
You take off your mask
See she's never around
She wants the moon and stars
She, she wants the world to end
She (wants another Earth) (Bastard Universe)
(Wants another Earth) (hear it coming now)
She wants the moon and stars
She, she wants the world to end
She, she needs some time and space
She, she wants another Earth
She needs some time and space
She wants another Earth
Glow Worm lyrics - The Church
You're so easy to love
You're so easy to adore
You're easy to want
I always want more
The way you talk
It puts me in a dream
Makes me feel like the cat that had the cream
You're so easy to love
You're easy to be with
I'm telling everybody
That you must be a gift
A gift from higher planes
As a broken soul below
I always wanna be living in your glow
You're so easy to love
You're so easy just to like
And don't change a thing
'Cause everything's just right
You fly like a swan
You sing like a bird
I wanna tell you everything but I can't find the words
You're so easy to love
You're so lovely just to touch
So beautiful to see
I wanna see you so much
Alone in your head
I wonder where you roam
It doesn't really matter if you always come home
You're so easy to love
So nice just to kiss
You're standing in the light
I'm bathing in the bliss
Beautiful as hell
Wonderful as well
Don't you know I'm buying whatever you can sell
You're so easy to love
So easy to be 'round
Asleep so sweet
But with your tiny sleeping sounds
I hold you in my arms
I see you in my mind
I need you every day
I need you every night
You're so easy to love
You're so easy to admire
You've got me by the heart
If anyone inquires
You're soft and you're strong
You're cool and you're warm
You're delicate, intricate, triumph over form
You're so easy to love
You're so crucial to my life
I want you to know
That everything's alright
The way that you love
It's pure and it's strong
If you stay around nothing can go wrong
You're so easy to adore
You're easy to want
I always want more
The way you talk
It puts me in a dream
Makes me feel like the cat that had the cream
You're so easy to love
You're easy to be with
I'm telling everybody
That you must be a gift
A gift from higher planes
As a broken soul below
I always wanna be living in your glow
You're so easy to love
You're so easy just to like
And don't change a thing
'Cause everything's just right
You fly like a swan
You sing like a bird
I wanna tell you everything but I can't find the words
You're so easy to love
You're so lovely just to touch
So beautiful to see
I wanna see you so much
Alone in your head
I wonder where you roam
It doesn't really matter if you always come home
You're so easy to love
So nice just to kiss
You're standing in the light
I'm bathing in the bliss
Beautiful as hell
Wonderful as well
Don't you know I'm buying whatever you can sell
You're so easy to love
So easy to be 'round
Asleep so sweet
But with your tiny sleeping sounds
I hold you in my arms
I see you in my mind
I need you every day
I need you every night
You're so easy to love
You're so easy to admire
You've got me by the heart
If anyone inquires
You're soft and you're strong
You're cool and you're warm
You're delicate, intricate, triumph over form
You're so easy to love
You're so crucial to my life
I want you to know
That everything's alright
The way that you love
It's pure and it's strong
If you stay around nothing can go wrong
Welcome lyrics - The Church
Camus and Tony Curtis and Donna Stone
Harry Houdini and Al Capone
Scipio Africanus and Leon Redbone
And Harold Flowers
Tree Sri Govinda and Snow White
Edgar Cayce and Shere Hite
Francis Drake who also was a knight
And Stephanie Powers
We welcome you
Ponce de Leon and Roger Moore
Richard Egan and Joan Crawford
Henry the 7th and Bernard Shaw
And Gavin MacKillop
Walter de la Mare and Nick Ward
Johnny Thunders and Betty Ford
Lord Jim and Jack Lord
And Prince Philip
We welcome you
Brian Wilson and William Tell
We welcome you
Harry Belafonte and Alexander Bell
We welcome you
Archangel Gabriel and Richard Hell
We welcome
And Tom Miller
You're like a star to me
You see everything
Astronomy
A part of me
Madame Blavatsky and Madame Lash
(We welcome you)
Johnny Halliday and Johnny Cash
(We welcome you)
D. T. Reuter, Ogden Nash
(We welcome)
Magilla Gorilla
Trevor Johnstone and Tiny Tim
(We welcome you)
Milli Vanilli and Root Boy Slim
(We welcome you)
Tony Hancock and Andy Kim
(We welcome)
And Wendy Fuller
Ida Lupino and Joyce Bell
(We welcome you)
Melvyn Basten and Mack Sennet
(We welcome you)
Lucy Jordan and Jeff Kennett
(We welcome)
And Alan Muller
Harry Houdini and Al Capone
Scipio Africanus and Leon Redbone
And Harold Flowers
Tree Sri Govinda and Snow White
Edgar Cayce and Shere Hite
Francis Drake who also was a knight
And Stephanie Powers
We welcome you
Ponce de Leon and Roger Moore
Richard Egan and Joan Crawford
Henry the 7th and Bernard Shaw
And Gavin MacKillop
Walter de la Mare and Nick Ward
Johnny Thunders and Betty Ford
Lord Jim and Jack Lord
And Prince Philip
We welcome you
Brian Wilson and William Tell
We welcome you
Harry Belafonte and Alexander Bell
We welcome you
Archangel Gabriel and Richard Hell
We welcome
And Tom Miller
You're like a star to me
You see everything
Astronomy
A part of me
Madame Blavatsky and Madame Lash
(We welcome you)
Johnny Halliday and Johnny Cash
(We welcome you)
D. T. Reuter, Ogden Nash
(We welcome)
Magilla Gorilla
Trevor Johnstone and Tiny Tim
(We welcome you)
Milli Vanilli and Root Boy Slim
(We welcome you)
Tony Hancock and Andy Kim
(We welcome)
And Wendy Fuller
Ida Lupino and Joyce Bell
(We welcome you)
Melvyn Basten and Mack Sennet
(We welcome you)
Lucy Jordan and Jeff Kennett
(We welcome)
And Alan Muller
Comedown lyrics - The Church
You should decide what you want to believe in
How can I describe what I'm receivin'
It's like the marquee says, "one night at the stage"
You want to live forever but you don't want to age
I just can't help wondering
It's such a waste of time
The life-buoy in the life-boat he was a sailor
You could not describe him, oh the words would just fail you
And Justine laced up tight in her shoes
You're gonna get it whatever you choose
I just can't help wondering
It's such a waste of time
That's the blues man
That's the big town
That's the rebound
That's the comedown
As high as a mountain as fast as a first
Beside a fountain dying of thirst
And then the marquee says, "one night at the stage"
Wait 'til I let this soul out of it's cage
That's a weird trick
That's a bad hit
That's another round
That's the comedown
How can I describe what I'm receivin'
It's like the marquee says, "one night at the stage"
You want to live forever but you don't want to age
I just can't help wondering
It's such a waste of time
The life-buoy in the life-boat he was a sailor
You could not describe him, oh the words would just fail you
And Justine laced up tight in her shoes
You're gonna get it whatever you choose
I just can't help wondering
It's such a waste of time
That's the blues man
That's the big town
That's the rebound
That's the comedown
As high as a mountain as fast as a first
Beside a fountain dying of thirst
And then the marquee says, "one night at the stage"
Wait 'til I let this soul out of it's cage
That's a weird trick
That's a bad hit
That's another round
That's the comedown
Ritz lyrics - The Church
Hark to Roualt's white insanity
Clowns in drag concealing vanity
This is hardly Paradise
We're still in search of petty scorn
Images so dead in mourning
Clap and cheer the man performing
This is hardly Paradise
We're still in search of petty scorn
Couch my disease in chintz-covered kisses
Glazed calico cloth, my costume this is
Come to Pablo Fanque's in indigo
We'll show you pastel shades of rhyme
It's ok to laugh in harmony
See the white-faced August Tommy
Come to Pablo Fanque's in indigo
We'll show you pastel shades of rhyme
Take a letter, Ophelia, write
"Sorry Desdemona" bright
Peeking through the nimbus covers
We see the twisted tale of Man
Catch us in the cornfields hiding
Me, Maryse and Moonbeams gliding
Peeking through the nimbus covers
We see the twisted tale of Man
Careless, caress, curl up beside me
Visit, sleep and smile, and drown me
March together, slay like Nero
We'll show you something you understand
Oh! the clown, his stare is eyeless
Shall he make you laugh or cry, yes
March together, slay like Nero
We'll show you something you understand
[The following verses are from the Cockney Rebel original version.
Steve and Marty have performed the entire song live on occasion.]
It is time to hide my body
Shall we start to speak of Holly
I don't wanna be that superhero
'Til you have something we understand
Heard they're moving Pisces into June
Shall we put together a platoon
I don't wanna be that superhero
'Til you have something we understand
Clowns in drag concealing vanity
This is hardly Paradise
We're still in search of petty scorn
Images so dead in mourning
Clap and cheer the man performing
This is hardly Paradise
We're still in search of petty scorn
Couch my disease in chintz-covered kisses
Glazed calico cloth, my costume this is
Come to Pablo Fanque's in indigo
We'll show you pastel shades of rhyme
It's ok to laugh in harmony
See the white-faced August Tommy
Come to Pablo Fanque's in indigo
We'll show you pastel shades of rhyme
Take a letter, Ophelia, write
"Sorry Desdemona" bright
Peeking through the nimbus covers
We see the twisted tale of Man
Catch us in the cornfields hiding
Me, Maryse and Moonbeams gliding
Peeking through the nimbus covers
We see the twisted tale of Man
Careless, caress, curl up beside me
Visit, sleep and smile, and drown me
March together, slay like Nero
We'll show you something you understand
Oh! the clown, his stare is eyeless
Shall he make you laugh or cry, yes
March together, slay like Nero
We'll show you something you understand
[The following verses are from the Cockney Rebel original version.
Steve and Marty have performed the entire song live on occasion.]
It is time to hide my body
Shall we start to speak of Holly
I don't wanna be that superhero
'Til you have something we understand
Heard they're moving Pisces into June
Shall we put together a platoon
I don't wanna be that superhero
'Til you have something we understand
Ladyboy lyrics - The Church
An open door, an extended hand
What can I say, I understand
She talks like a bird yet she walks like a man
She'll be here tonight I understand
She hunts in a pack yet she ends up alone
She tells you its not alright darling
Why'd you worship that stone?
Hold me closer ladyboy
There's a rope that's dragging you out of this world
It doesn't care if you're heavy girl
Hold me closer ladyboy
If you look you can see that it's just you and me
There's nothing left of our world
So you think it's a sin
I'll bet it's a miracle
You think that you're safe
I tell you you're critical
The merciless gods
Who sometimes pour down their scorn
They cannot die
And also cannot be born
An open door, an extended hand
What can I say, I understand
I understand, I understand, I understand
What can I say, I understand
She talks like a bird yet she walks like a man
She'll be here tonight I understand
She hunts in a pack yet she ends up alone
She tells you its not alright darling
Why'd you worship that stone?
Hold me closer ladyboy
There's a rope that's dragging you out of this world
It doesn't care if you're heavy girl
Hold me closer ladyboy
If you look you can see that it's just you and me
There's nothing left of our world
So you think it's a sin
I'll bet it's a miracle
You think that you're safe
I tell you you're critical
The merciless gods
Who sometimes pour down their scorn
They cannot die
And also cannot be born
An open door, an extended hand
What can I say, I understand
I understand, I understand, I understand
It Could Be Anyone lyrics - The Church
Within this city will come to your children
Identical sisters in mirrors of haze
Magnetic disturbance distorting the meters
Unendurable silence sucked into the phase
The first of these daughters appears in the vacuum
The void that's created in an absence of light
Perpetually chanting the great Maha mantra
She heralds the current that holds back the night
Anyone, could be anyone
The second descends through electric attraction
Distributing wings, that've never been used
When certain conditions fulfilled by the future
Momentarily lucid, permanently fused
In the hills and mountains the hawks and the eagles
Hang on the breezes and glide on the clouds
They pull down a torrent that shorts out the circuits
Negating the fires and drowning the crowds
Anyone, could be anyone
Without a trace of suspicion the message transmitted
It's certainly altered, it's no longer true
Bursting in temples, it brings on the jungles
Breeds good doctors nobody knew
When north meets the south, when right meets the left
When parallel lines begin to converge
We're transcending factors, fake the arrangements
Charge-positive sky, the monster submerged
And when this is over, and when it is finished
The mission accomplished, the purpose complete
Back at the beginning Eden prevails
Back at the start, back on the street
Anyone, could be anyone
Identical sisters in mirrors of haze
Magnetic disturbance distorting the meters
Unendurable silence sucked into the phase
The first of these daughters appears in the vacuum
The void that's created in an absence of light
Perpetually chanting the great Maha mantra
She heralds the current that holds back the night
Anyone, could be anyone
The second descends through electric attraction
Distributing wings, that've never been used
When certain conditions fulfilled by the future
Momentarily lucid, permanently fused
In the hills and mountains the hawks and the eagles
Hang on the breezes and glide on the clouds
They pull down a torrent that shorts out the circuits
Negating the fires and drowning the crowds
Anyone, could be anyone
Without a trace of suspicion the message transmitted
It's certainly altered, it's no longer true
Bursting in temples, it brings on the jungles
Breeds good doctors nobody knew
When north meets the south, when right meets the left
When parallel lines begin to converge
We're transcending factors, fake the arrangements
Charge-positive sky, the monster submerged
And when this is over, and when it is finished
The mission accomplished, the purpose complete
Back at the beginning Eden prevails
Back at the start, back on the street
Anyone, could be anyone
The Further Adventures Of The Time Being lyrics - The Church
They built the pyramids, toiled with tons of stone
Irrigated deserts, made giant golden thrones
Built palaces in India and a dome on the moon
Illustrated ceilings, praised God with strange choirs
Fed the five thousand built cities of spires
Felt the pull of science unravel in their minds
Charted celestial bodies and were punished for their finds
Conquered snow-peaked mountains, drove jungles to retreat
Were drowned in vicious rapids and were heralded for their feats
Fantasized in Babylon, built a home in space
Scaled the walls of China against all human odds
Won battles without hope until men turned into gods
Still they hide their faces well unbetrayed by Heaven or Hell
Only traces to be found although their history resounds
Disconnected they displayed all the discoveries they made
And now they wander round the earth beyond the realms of death or birth
If you look you'll see them there like clouds hanging in the air
And they said the earth was flat, sailed off the world into a vat
Turned the planets into toys then played marbles like small boys
Invented love, invented hate, hung them off the arms of fate
Hear them whisper hear them speak, seems they found what we still seek
Irrigated deserts, made giant golden thrones
Built palaces in India and a dome on the moon
Illustrated ceilings, praised God with strange choirs
Fed the five thousand built cities of spires
Felt the pull of science unravel in their minds
Charted celestial bodies and were punished for their finds
Conquered snow-peaked mountains, drove jungles to retreat
Were drowned in vicious rapids and were heralded for their feats
Fantasized in Babylon, built a home in space
Scaled the walls of China against all human odds
Won battles without hope until men turned into gods
Still they hide their faces well unbetrayed by Heaven or Hell
Only traces to be found although their history resounds
Disconnected they displayed all the discoveries they made
And now they wander round the earth beyond the realms of death or birth
If you look you'll see them there like clouds hanging in the air
And they said the earth was flat, sailed off the world into a vat
Turned the planets into toys then played marbles like small boys
Invented love, invented hate, hung them off the arms of fate
Hear them whisper hear them speak, seems they found what we still seek
Magician Among The Spirits lyrics - The Church
Far across the water, far across the sea
Magician among the spirits, the next delivery
And the scene is set up by the boy who lost his mind
A certain smell of ether as machines unwind
Universe of distant stars chilling in its failings
With planets spinning deep in space parading all its flavors
We sit and stare into the night and contemplate forever
Slip away into your dreams, conclude that we may never
Out and past the harbour where the sharks dream in the waves
Magician among the spirits is drowning in a cave
As Solomon's my witness, as Gabriel is my guard
Garden of the lovely ones or the devil's back yard
Hand of God has sprinkled jewels inside the velvet ceiling
Filling up our unsure hearts with wonder, awe and feeling
All the eyes are staring down and glitter like small children
Their secrets kept, but lost in thought, looking at what fueled them
Singing about the old times, sepia and faded
Magician among the spirits the past has been invaded
Robert Houdini in the distance, we look up through the water
See the comet's silver trail, see the planets falter
Vastness of science, eternal night shrouded in dark mazes
Runes and tunes and frequencies flowing through their phases
Your air or cover, wind is dead, consequences endless
Speed of light in empty time, no borders to defend us
Walking in the wilderness with my pale sister
Magician among the spirits, I said how much I missed her
Jackson on the slipstream, he's moving all around
Chasing tiny orphans, following the sound, following the sound
Fragile and delirious, cannot understand it
Magician among the spirits, Electra and Miranda
Passed you in a corridor, you were drinking Grenadine
Drinking liquid happiness, your tears could not be seen, tears could not be seen
Violent sun propels its rays to seek out beings breathing
Ancient craft that waltz the maze of metal shells beneath me
And dust that swirls, of reddened clouds, and floats above the surface
Deserted landscape slip away, forgotten secret purpose
Thin film of moisture, condensing on the screen
Magician among the spirits, are you with us, Christine?
Do you really remember the boy I used to be?
With you every single night in February
All this ectoplasm, believe in ghosts
Magician among the spirits, lord of hosts
Here we are tonight, we're speaking to the light
Magician among the spirits, make it alright
[Steve speaks in Swedish here. Translation follows.]
"Magician!, magician!, my star!
From where on earth do you look out, into outer space!
I am in a forest heather!
You shall not find me again!
Farewell my daughters, I'll see you soon!"
Magician among the spirits, the next delivery
And the scene is set up by the boy who lost his mind
A certain smell of ether as machines unwind
Universe of distant stars chilling in its failings
With planets spinning deep in space parading all its flavors
We sit and stare into the night and contemplate forever
Slip away into your dreams, conclude that we may never
Out and past the harbour where the sharks dream in the waves
Magician among the spirits is drowning in a cave
As Solomon's my witness, as Gabriel is my guard
Garden of the lovely ones or the devil's back yard
Hand of God has sprinkled jewels inside the velvet ceiling
Filling up our unsure hearts with wonder, awe and feeling
All the eyes are staring down and glitter like small children
Their secrets kept, but lost in thought, looking at what fueled them
Singing about the old times, sepia and faded
Magician among the spirits the past has been invaded
Robert Houdini in the distance, we look up through the water
See the comet's silver trail, see the planets falter
Vastness of science, eternal night shrouded in dark mazes
Runes and tunes and frequencies flowing through their phases
Your air or cover, wind is dead, consequences endless
Speed of light in empty time, no borders to defend us
Walking in the wilderness with my pale sister
Magician among the spirits, I said how much I missed her
Jackson on the slipstream, he's moving all around
Chasing tiny orphans, following the sound, following the sound
Fragile and delirious, cannot understand it
Magician among the spirits, Electra and Miranda
Passed you in a corridor, you were drinking Grenadine
Drinking liquid happiness, your tears could not be seen, tears could not be seen
Violent sun propels its rays to seek out beings breathing
Ancient craft that waltz the maze of metal shells beneath me
And dust that swirls, of reddened clouds, and floats above the surface
Deserted landscape slip away, forgotten secret purpose
Thin film of moisture, condensing on the screen
Magician among the spirits, are you with us, Christine?
Do you really remember the boy I used to be?
With you every single night in February
All this ectoplasm, believe in ghosts
Magician among the spirits, lord of hosts
Here we are tonight, we're speaking to the light
Magician among the spirits, make it alright
[Steve speaks in Swedish here. Translation follows.]
"Magician!, magician!, my star!
From where on earth do you look out, into outer space!
I am in a forest heather!
You shall not find me again!
Farewell my daughters, I'll see you soon!"
Drought lyrics - The Church
The earth is sucked bare by the sun
The empty clouded sky
The dazzling drone of pure heat rings alone
Seeing tears flash dry
On a sailing boat out to sea
Their mouths have all been parched
The salt meat of land drags the life from their glands
February and March
From a year without rain
From a year without rain
The weather is bare
The weather is bare
The weather is bare of flies
The house is full of dust
The taste of black trees like a tune on the breeze
Thirst that you can trust
The shadows contain no more cool
The windows all let in the heat
Dead things on the road as their insides explode
My hands are full of water and weeds
The empty clouded sky
The dazzling drone of pure heat rings alone
Seeing tears flash dry
On a sailing boat out to sea
Their mouths have all been parched
The salt meat of land drags the life from their glands
February and March
From a year without rain
From a year without rain
The weather is bare
The weather is bare
The weather is bare of flies
The house is full of dust
The taste of black trees like a tune on the breeze
Thirst that you can trust
The shadows contain no more cool
The windows all let in the heat
Dead things on the road as their insides explode
My hands are full of water and weeds
The Time Being lyrics - The Church
Every day
As you notice the sun slips away
A strange turbulence fills the air
Gargoyles and winged monkeys
Descend into the city
Teeth are bared, their claws outstretched
Down in the pit
I sense the unforgiving night rain down on the overworld
And its souls' unrest
As the temptation fades out
You jerk back into yourself
As if falling from a dream
Down comes the rain
Hot clear rain
Washing away our sins
Washing away the statues of Sharon Stone
Erosion of my solitude
Begins its race
And worms finally penetrating the warmth of my hiding place
Slithering in the blackness
All their coldness repels me
I use a .45 to give them some stick
Lightning and thunder cause the walls to shake
And someone searching through the debris
For the photograph of his wife
Oh I want life
I want it now and forever
I want to rise up out of this chamber and clamber into the sky
As you notice the sun slips away
A strange turbulence fills the air
Gargoyles and winged monkeys
Descend into the city
Teeth are bared, their claws outstretched
Down in the pit
I sense the unforgiving night rain down on the overworld
And its souls' unrest
As the temptation fades out
You jerk back into yourself
As if falling from a dream
Down comes the rain
Hot clear rain
Washing away our sins
Washing away the statues of Sharon Stone
Erosion of my solitude
Begins its race
And worms finally penetrating the warmth of my hiding place
Slithering in the blackness
All their coldness repels me
I use a .45 to give them some stick
Lightning and thunder cause the walls to shake
And someone searching through the debris
For the photograph of his wife
Oh I want life
I want it now and forever
I want to rise up out of this chamber and clamber into the sky
Leave Your Clothes On lyrics - The Church
First thing you know is you don't know a thing
Second thing you think about is that you're sinking
Third thing is water, fourth thing is air
Five are the fingers of wind in your hair
You can leave the city that you used to call home
You can leave your lover just to love all alone
You can leave your father or leave your son
And you can leave your clothes on
A nerve so sleek has entered your head
Take up your sickle, throw it and leave your bed
Make sure your will is good and hard
Make sure you never let down your guard
You can leave your body, you know the technique
Leave for two minutes or for two weeks
You leave your work and your pleasure undone
You can leave your clothes on
[much indecipherable whispering]
Second thing you think about is that you're sinking
Third thing is water, fourth thing is air
Five are the fingers of wind in your hair
You can leave the city that you used to call home
You can leave your lover just to love all alone
You can leave your father or leave your son
And you can leave your clothes on
A nerve so sleek has entered your head
Take up your sickle, throw it and leave your bed
Make sure your will is good and hard
Make sure you never let down your guard
You can leave your body, you know the technique
Leave for two minutes or for two weeks
You leave your work and your pleasure undone
You can leave your clothes on
[much indecipherable whispering]
Cut In Two lyrics - The Church
Cut in two, that's the kind of ship I'm running
Cut in two, that's the kind of spell I'm casting
Cut in two, that's the type of time I'm killing
Cut in two, that's the kind of song I'm singing
Falling in
Falling in
Falling in love again (my face in your bedroom window)
Falling in
Falling in
Falling in love again (nooo!)
Separation (no one looking in through my intrigue)
Separation (yeah I've been another me)
I will run for you, I think
Champagne drink, it's a lie
Cut in two, that's the kind of axe I'm grinding
(he was not perfect, nor had he ever claimed to be)
Cut in two, that's the kind of sleep I'm getting
(enraptured, drifting) (all hail Mr. Sparks and toothpullers!)
Cut in two, that's the kind of love I'm making
(reckon myself) (schoolmasters)
Cut in two, that's the kind of life I'm having
(smoke from the distant chimneys)
Falling in (eggshell and polonaise!)
Falling in (polonaise!) (and you're a ghost)
Falling in love again (polonaise, ahhh!) (you're the never got ghosts)
Falling in
Falling in (it's a contest of stone hearts) (caress)
Falling in love again (yeah, it's a mark)
Separation (there's someone in here sharing it with me)
Separation (someone I no longer trust I can't see)
Separation (he's circling, waiting to make his move) (dead face)
Separation (it's just a memory I can't prove) (French fishwife)
Incidentally, I like the word trespass, oh, serendipity (oh)
Falling in (protected)
Falling in
Falling in love again (I feign unconsciousness) (oh goodbye)
Falling in
Falling in (I feign unconsciousness to see if god is there) (goooodbyyyye!)
Falling in love again
Separation (I hate you)
(he was only doing it for me)
Separation (I'm just gonna have to hate you)
(and I, I was only doing it for the children)
Separation (woooo!)
(and the children are sleeping and frightened)
Separation (oh God bless harmony)
(oh just like they're full of hate in daytime...to hate you)
Separation (no way...)
(why not just follow him, the wind's a stranger)
Separation (I know, I know, I know, I know, I know)
Separation (I know...)
Cut in two, that's the kind of spell I'm casting
Cut in two, that's the type of time I'm killing
Cut in two, that's the kind of song I'm singing
Falling in
Falling in
Falling in love again (my face in your bedroom window)
Falling in
Falling in
Falling in love again (nooo!)
Separation (no one looking in through my intrigue)
Separation (yeah I've been another me)
I will run for you, I think
Champagne drink, it's a lie
Cut in two, that's the kind of axe I'm grinding
(he was not perfect, nor had he ever claimed to be)
Cut in two, that's the kind of sleep I'm getting
(enraptured, drifting) (all hail Mr. Sparks and toothpullers!)
Cut in two, that's the kind of love I'm making
(reckon myself) (schoolmasters)
Cut in two, that's the kind of life I'm having
(smoke from the distant chimneys)
Falling in (eggshell and polonaise!)
Falling in (polonaise!) (and you're a ghost)
Falling in love again (polonaise, ahhh!) (you're the never got ghosts)
Falling in
Falling in (it's a contest of stone hearts) (caress)
Falling in love again (yeah, it's a mark)
Separation (there's someone in here sharing it with me)
Separation (someone I no longer trust I can't see)
Separation (he's circling, waiting to make his move) (dead face)
Separation (it's just a memory I can't prove) (French fishwife)
Incidentally, I like the word trespass, oh, serendipity (oh)
Falling in (protected)
Falling in
Falling in love again (I feign unconsciousness) (oh goodbye)
Falling in
Falling in (I feign unconsciousness to see if god is there) (goooodbyyyye!)
Falling in love again
Separation (I hate you)
(he was only doing it for me)
Separation (I'm just gonna have to hate you)
(and I, I was only doing it for the children)
Separation (woooo!)
(and the children are sleeping and frightened)
Separation (oh God bless harmony)
(oh just like they're full of hate in daytime...to hate you)
Separation (no way...)
(why not just follow him, the wind's a stranger)
Separation (I know, I know, I know, I know, I know)
Separation (I know...)
The Myths You Made lyrics - The Church
When the failing light
With the feeling's gone (feeling's gone)
I'll ask you twice tonight
To make sure I'm wrong (sure I'm)
Still you looked to fold in two behind the shade
Are you lying there in wait
Here's all the love you lost
The myths you made
Here's all the things you didn't say
All the days and hours
Pass by slow (pass by slow)
With the crowded tears
And the lights on low (lights on)
If lips mean some beauty freeze again
Ripple up in flames
Here's all the time you took
The myths you made
Here's all the things you didn't say
The myths you made
The things you didn't say
You gotta get a story
Where there's love (where there's love)
With my hand on the bible
And the fable done (fable)
Still 'til all the little details are exposed
Here comes the final blow
Here's all the love you lost
The myths you made
Here's all the things you didn't say
Here's all the time you took
The myths you made
Here's all the things you didn't say
With the feeling's gone (feeling's gone)
I'll ask you twice tonight
To make sure I'm wrong (sure I'm)
Still you looked to fold in two behind the shade
Are you lying there in wait
Here's all the love you lost
The myths you made
Here's all the things you didn't say
All the days and hours
Pass by slow (pass by slow)
With the crowded tears
And the lights on low (lights on)
If lips mean some beauty freeze again
Ripple up in flames
Here's all the time you took
The myths you made
Here's all the things you didn't say
The myths you made
The things you didn't say
You gotta get a story
Where there's love (where there's love)
With my hand on the bible
And the fable done (fable)
Still 'til all the little details are exposed
Here comes the final blow
Here's all the love you lost
The myths you made
Here's all the things you didn't say
Here's all the time you took
The myths you made
Here's all the things you didn't say
Freeze To Burn lyrics - The Church
People getting frightened 'cause the night is very thick
When I think about you sister, we need to panic here
You better take an arrow, you better take a sled
When it starts blowing just remember what I said
You gotta freeze until it burns
And you gotta burn until you learn
You gotta learn until you seize
You gotta freeze until you burn
People think they're dreaming, they're really wide awake
I did it for the money and for goodness' sake
Meet me in the igloo with a factual glaze
Help me to decipher the shadow of this maze
You gotta freeze until it burns
You gotta burn until you learn
You're gonna learn until you seize
And you freeze until you burn
Now look
A fire in the rude banks, eyes inside the grave
Everything is opposite, right now it's too late
When you hear the birdsong stop, when you see the glow
That's the only certainty that you'll ever know
You're gonna freeze until it burns
You're gonna burn until you learn
You're gonna learn until you freeze
Freeze until you burn
OK
You're gonna freeze until it burns
You're gonna burn until you learn
We're gonna love until you freeze up
Freeze until you burn
Alright
When I think about you sister, we need to panic here
You better take an arrow, you better take a sled
When it starts blowing just remember what I said
You gotta freeze until it burns
And you gotta burn until you learn
You gotta learn until you seize
You gotta freeze until you burn
People think they're dreaming, they're really wide awake
I did it for the money and for goodness' sake
Meet me in the igloo with a factual glaze
Help me to decipher the shadow of this maze
You gotta freeze until it burns
You gotta burn until you learn
You're gonna learn until you seize
And you freeze until you burn
Now look
A fire in the rude banks, eyes inside the grave
Everything is opposite, right now it's too late
When you hear the birdsong stop, when you see the glow
That's the only certainty that you'll ever know
You're gonna freeze until it burns
You're gonna burn until you learn
You're gonna learn until you freeze
Freeze until you burn
OK
You're gonna freeze until it burns
You're gonna burn until you learn
We're gonna love until you freeze up
Freeze until you burn
Alright
Macabre Tavern lyrics - The Church
[Incomplete Transcription]
[L]
First night of summer the air comes rushing in across the trees
Bringing strange birds from beyond....
Deep in some...she's gone to another place. Far far from here...
Sand filled waves crash down and churn on a moonlit beach, and
White...
[C]
I will drink with you to forget, if you have a brain I will
Eat with you, and in doing so...
Since the beginning of time...
With purchases intended...
[R]
The future ingests us as the past spits us out....
Lead to ridiculous one night schemes...
Never do anything twice...
Many dark nights and scramble for attention....
Many a dream of open possibilities...with conscious discontentment..
That's what they want, that's what they want to hear..
A miserable relic of ecstasy, a ruinous affair or an unexplained
Death. A kick in the head from a velvet boot of tristesse, and a
Cruel pinch of weary irony, misery monger, or pleasureman, leaves
Behind unsatisfied...
Involving
[L]
First night of summer the air comes rushing in across the trees
Bringing strange birds from beyond....
Deep in some...she's gone to another place. Far far from here...
Sand filled waves crash down and churn on a moonlit beach, and
White...
[C]
I will drink with you to forget, if you have a brain I will
Eat with you, and in doing so...
Since the beginning of time...
With purchases intended...
[R]
The future ingests us as the past spits us out....
Lead to ridiculous one night schemes...
Never do anything twice...
Many dark nights and scramble for attention....
Many a dream of open possibilities...with conscious discontentment..
That's what they want, that's what they want to hear..
A miserable relic of ecstasy, a ruinous affair or an unexplained
Death. A kick in the head from a velvet boot of tristesse, and a
Cruel pinch of weary irony, misery monger, or pleasureman, leaves
Behind unsatisfied...
Involving
Day Of The Dead lyrics - The Church
Day of the dead down in Mexico
You ever been on a holiday
You ever thought that you been here before
You ever been in a desperate way
On the beach stands a donkey who is waiting for you
He hee-haws, stamping his hoof
A fine blue day as dreamed by the boys
Nodding up on the roof
And in the meetings held in the darkness
And in the darkness everyone's blind
Venereal monsters stand there in velvet
And I know you're falling behind
Drink in a bar down in Leap Motel
I get involved with a prisoner
She's got a skull like a seraphim
I figure she is a messenger
She's at the heart of the festival
She's got the hands of a picador
She asks the spirits for a romance
She gets a ghost for a paramour
And in the weddings held in the darkness
'Cause in the darkness the guests are all blind
Great lumps are melting wrapped up in satin
And I know you're falling behind
Day of the dead down in Mexico
We read a book on the Alamo
We filled the tank up with Texaco
We buy a trinket for curio
We walk big stuff through the marketplace
Dripping smoke, dollars and after-shave
I got the mind of an astronaut
Emerging from the shell unscathed
Climbing out of hell unchanged
But then the dealers dealt in the darkness
And in the darkness dealers are blind
Jokers and aces, cruisin' in black fur
I know you're falling behind
You ever been on a holiday
You ever thought that you been here before
You ever been in a desperate way
On the beach stands a donkey who is waiting for you
He hee-haws, stamping his hoof
A fine blue day as dreamed by the boys
Nodding up on the roof
And in the meetings held in the darkness
And in the darkness everyone's blind
Venereal monsters stand there in velvet
And I know you're falling behind
Drink in a bar down in Leap Motel
I get involved with a prisoner
She's got a skull like a seraphim
I figure she is a messenger
She's at the heart of the festival
She's got the hands of a picador
She asks the spirits for a romance
She gets a ghost for a paramour
And in the weddings held in the darkness
'Cause in the darkness the guests are all blind
Great lumps are melting wrapped up in satin
And I know you're falling behind
Day of the dead down in Mexico
We read a book on the Alamo
We filled the tank up with Texaco
We buy a trinket for curio
We walk big stuff through the marketplace
Dripping smoke, dollars and after-shave
I got the mind of an astronaut
Emerging from the shell unscathed
Climbing out of hell unchanged
But then the dealers dealt in the darkness
And in the darkness dealers are blind
Jokers and aces, cruisin' in black fur
I know you're falling behind
Lost My Touch lyrics - The Church
Streets of burnt-out shells, insurance jobs
A temporary spell in hell and it throbs
It throbs like hell in some divine comedy
It won't sell and that's a tragedy
But I know my way home I can get there alone
The day I need you they can feed me to the lions
They can stop trying to get it started
Its heart is gone, its shone for the last time
It's past time it's mean time held over in-between time
It's like Halloween time
I don't owe you anything
Now I'm out of power
Now I've lost my touch
Please don't touch anything
Every passing hour
Overcomes too much
I don't owe you anything
There's a weaker weaker in the other speaker
A weaker echo of my own voice
Reproduced mechanically and electronically
A symphony of frequencies
Delivering a slithering sound
A pound of flesh caught in the mesh, a fresher
A special deluxe, de-essed it, you guessed it
Undress it
I don't owe you anything
Now I've lost my power
Now I'm out of touch
Please don't touch anything
Every passing hour
Overcomes too much
I don't owe you anything
Now I've lost my power
Now I'm out of touch
Should you would you could you could
Could you look good back on the street
Your feet get cold and you're too old you've been told
You should've sold your soul
It's not worth anything out here
Not worth the earth you're standing on
Earth, mother earth, hurt sweet mother earth
What are you worth
I don't owe you anything
Now I'm out of power
Now I've lost my touch
Please don't touch anything
Every passing hour
All becomes too much
I don't owe you anything
Now I've lost my power
Now I'm out of touch
I don't owe you anything, ah
Please don't touch anything, ah
I don't owe you anything, ah
I don't owe you anything, ah ah
Please don't touch anything, ah ah
They say his name is Ray
He was a dominating, woman-hating SSOB
1 2 3 that's how easy it's gonna be
Everything is complete
If you need to cheat
If you want to eat
Even the air, once free
You now pay the fee
You now pay a fare if you want air
It's not really fair
Fair enough, it's tough stuff
It's tough to get enough
And you laugh, you laugh
But you can't get the staff
Hold onto the raft
It's my craft
It's finished, it's kaput
It's over, finito Benito
Dead Fred
Gone for a song like old Hong Kong
Gone for a song
A temporary spell in hell and it throbs
It throbs like hell in some divine comedy
It won't sell and that's a tragedy
But I know my way home I can get there alone
The day I need you they can feed me to the lions
They can stop trying to get it started
Its heart is gone, its shone for the last time
It's past time it's mean time held over in-between time
It's like Halloween time
I don't owe you anything
Now I'm out of power
Now I've lost my touch
Please don't touch anything
Every passing hour
Overcomes too much
I don't owe you anything
There's a weaker weaker in the other speaker
A weaker echo of my own voice
Reproduced mechanically and electronically
A symphony of frequencies
Delivering a slithering sound
A pound of flesh caught in the mesh, a fresher
A special deluxe, de-essed it, you guessed it
Undress it
I don't owe you anything
Now I've lost my power
Now I'm out of touch
Please don't touch anything
Every passing hour
Overcomes too much
I don't owe you anything
Now I've lost my power
Now I'm out of touch
Should you would you could you could
Could you look good back on the street
Your feet get cold and you're too old you've been told
You should've sold your soul
It's not worth anything out here
Not worth the earth you're standing on
Earth, mother earth, hurt sweet mother earth
What are you worth
I don't owe you anything
Now I'm out of power
Now I've lost my touch
Please don't touch anything
Every passing hour
All becomes too much
I don't owe you anything
Now I've lost my power
Now I'm out of touch
I don't owe you anything, ah
Please don't touch anything, ah
I don't owe you anything, ah
I don't owe you anything, ah ah
Please don't touch anything, ah ah
They say his name is Ray
He was a dominating, woman-hating SSOB
1 2 3 that's how easy it's gonna be
Everything is complete
If you need to cheat
If you want to eat
Even the air, once free
You now pay the fee
You now pay a fare if you want air
It's not really fair
Fair enough, it's tough stuff
It's tough to get enough
And you laugh, you laugh
But you can't get the staff
Hold onto the raft
It's my craft
It's finished, it's kaput
It's over, finito Benito
Dead Fred
Gone for a song like old Hong Kong
Gone for a song
Loveblind lyrics - The Church
Have I told you 'bout the case of the man who had no face?
(I'm sure I have)
His wife suspected something, that's why she brought me in
We arranged to meet one night at a bar called Aphrodite's
(On Second Street)
But when I looked into her eyes I very quickly realized
The danger
The price was right, a deal was struck
I don't think that she gave it a thought
It was plain to see
That the lady was loveblind
It was clear to see
It was clear that she was loveblind
Out into the foggy night, into the city's blurry light
(I drove alone)
I wondered then what kind of place would make a man lose face
I pieced together clue by clue just what a faceless man would do
(It wasn't hard)
Who would he love, where would he go, places faceless men would know
(On Second Street)
I was close, I was near, but that woman just wouldn't hear
Next morning came as mornings do, I had a shave it was close too
(A close shave)
In the mirror in my space, there was a man without a face
I rang my client and I banged on her door
I told her it was me that we was looking for
(I'm sure I have)
His wife suspected something, that's why she brought me in
We arranged to meet one night at a bar called Aphrodite's
(On Second Street)
But when I looked into her eyes I very quickly realized
The danger
The price was right, a deal was struck
I don't think that she gave it a thought
It was plain to see
That the lady was loveblind
It was clear to see
It was clear that she was loveblind
Out into the foggy night, into the city's blurry light
(I drove alone)
I wondered then what kind of place would make a man lose face
I pieced together clue by clue just what a faceless man would do
(It wasn't hard)
Who would he love, where would he go, places faceless men would know
(On Second Street)
I was close, I was near, but that woman just wouldn't hear
Next morning came as mornings do, I had a shave it was close too
(A close shave)
In the mirror in my space, there was a man without a face
I rang my client and I banged on her door
I told her it was me that we was looking for
My Little Problem lyrics - The Church
You must have heard about my little problem
Ah come on, you must have heard about it
It's no ordinary problem
Look in my eyes, there can be no doubt about it
And of course it gets worse at night
It gets late, things start to change
Clock is stopped, thermometer is bulging
Hot late night bound to make us estranged
Soft dead moon all over your shoulders
Cold shadow in the glare of the glow
Factory billboards on outskirts of city
Shine down new attractions to the traffic below
Remember this day
Remember this room
Remember this singer singing
I'll remember you
A sudden flash
A sudden light
Abandoning the afternoon as it sinks into the night
Fluorescent bedroom flicker starts to teach me to wonder
I hear a mandolin in the springs
Out the wardrobe floats the hint of a rumor
Dressed in your beloved's finest things
Can you hear the voices that are constantly talking
Am I only one to succumb to their roar
Well I know the form it is taking
It's not making sense anymore
The way you say you just wanna help me
The way your clinging is slinging me under
The strength I need already denied me
Your big ideas and your little wonder
Some people don't come over because of the problem
I heard the top guy won't answer his phone
I wonder if he has the same kind of problem
A little difficulty of his own
So take this plastic and rent me some wheels
Or maybe I'll try to fly
No reservations, I'll see how it feels
When I'm over your house up in the sky
And when the sun is squeezing through the blinds
You will be far away
Deep afternoons seeing the moon would have shined
Deep in your dream I hear you say
Have you heard about my little problem
I just know that it isn't a secret
It's just a very ordinary problem
The secret doesn't matter if you keep it or leak it
Ah come on, you must have heard about it
It's no ordinary problem
Look in my eyes, there can be no doubt about it
And of course it gets worse at night
It gets late, things start to change
Clock is stopped, thermometer is bulging
Hot late night bound to make us estranged
Soft dead moon all over your shoulders
Cold shadow in the glare of the glow
Factory billboards on outskirts of city
Shine down new attractions to the traffic below
Remember this day
Remember this room
Remember this singer singing
I'll remember you
A sudden flash
A sudden light
Abandoning the afternoon as it sinks into the night
Fluorescent bedroom flicker starts to teach me to wonder
I hear a mandolin in the springs
Out the wardrobe floats the hint of a rumor
Dressed in your beloved's finest things
Can you hear the voices that are constantly talking
Am I only one to succumb to their roar
Well I know the form it is taking
It's not making sense anymore
The way you say you just wanna help me
The way your clinging is slinging me under
The strength I need already denied me
Your big ideas and your little wonder
Some people don't come over because of the problem
I heard the top guy won't answer his phone
I wonder if he has the same kind of problem
A little difficulty of his own
So take this plastic and rent me some wheels
Or maybe I'll try to fly
No reservations, I'll see how it feels
When I'm over your house up in the sky
And when the sun is squeezing through the blinds
You will be far away
Deep afternoons seeing the moon would have shined
Deep in your dream I hear you say
Have you heard about my little problem
I just know that it isn't a secret
It's just a very ordinary problem
The secret doesn't matter if you keep it or leak it
The Maven lyrics - The Church
Here comes the Maven, he's coming around
He's such a connoisseur, he's such an autograph hound, yeah
He's got 60 yes-men and they tend to agree
There's a long black book without any eyes
He's got my number but he's got your size, yeah
And if you measure up then a sure trick'll be wise
Just turn the light off when you go (he hates the dark)
Just tell the jury all you know (was just a lark)
We'll send a sign to you over the sea
There goes the Maven, sowing his seed
One for the rock, one for the hand that feeds, yeah
He reaps the harvest with his sleight of hand
Just say the magic word and he's at your side
Beware his tender touch, his plans are chilly and wide, yeah
Sleeps through the winter in a white quiet land
Here is the Maven, draining the cup
He takes your arm and then he eats you up, yeah
There is a surfeit of everything you crave
Here is the Maven, signing the check
He bought us dinner so what the fucking heck, yeah
There is a surplus of everything you save
He's such a connoisseur, he's such an autograph hound, yeah
He's got 60 yes-men and they tend to agree
There's a long black book without any eyes
He's got my number but he's got your size, yeah
And if you measure up then a sure trick'll be wise
Just turn the light off when you go (he hates the dark)
Just tell the jury all you know (was just a lark)
We'll send a sign to you over the sea
There goes the Maven, sowing his seed
One for the rock, one for the hand that feeds, yeah
He reaps the harvest with his sleight of hand
Just say the magic word and he's at your side
Beware his tender touch, his plans are chilly and wide, yeah
Sleeps through the winter in a white quiet land
Here is the Maven, draining the cup
He takes your arm and then he eats you up, yeah
There is a surfeit of everything you crave
Here is the Maven, signing the check
He bought us dinner so what the fucking heck, yeah
There is a surplus of everything you save
Angelica lyrics - The Church
Stretching out to catch
Stretching out to catch
Stretching out to catch the slender message
Angelica I want you
Crashing down
Crashing down
Crashing down in a shower of sparks
Crashing down
Crashing down
Crashing down in a shower of sparks
The civilized gentleman
The civilized gentleman
The civilized gentleman is gonna be nice
The civilized gentleman
The civilized gentleman
The civilized gentleman isn't gonna be nice
To you tonight
To you tonight
To you tonight unless you pay me
Pay me good
Pay me well
Pay me with a trip to hell
She reaches for him in a jealous moment
I've got a verbal caress
I've got it, I've got it here in my mouth
And it's here for you
And I'll share it
My tongue is wet
My tongue is wet
This verbal caress is gonna get wet
Angelica I want you
Little Johnny Ginseng jumped on the jelly roll
I saw him looking down the alley at it
He can blast, falling on the bowling alley
Lookout Jimmy your father's inside...
Angelica, stop making up those lies
Stretching out to catch
Stretching out to catch the slender message
Angelica I want you
Crashing down
Crashing down
Crashing down in a shower of sparks
Crashing down
Crashing down
Crashing down in a shower of sparks
The civilized gentleman
The civilized gentleman
The civilized gentleman is gonna be nice
The civilized gentleman
The civilized gentleman
The civilized gentleman isn't gonna be nice
To you tonight
To you tonight
To you tonight unless you pay me
Pay me good
Pay me well
Pay me with a trip to hell
She reaches for him in a jealous moment
I've got a verbal caress
I've got it, I've got it here in my mouth
And it's here for you
And I'll share it
My tongue is wet
My tongue is wet
This verbal caress is gonna get wet
Angelica I want you
Little Johnny Ginseng jumped on the jelly roll
I saw him looking down the alley at it
He can blast, falling on the bowling alley
Lookout Jimmy your father's inside...
Angelica, stop making up those lies
Lullaby lyrics - The Church
We come to pay homage to the golden one
We share and bear the message of your newborn son
We follow paths of falling stars
In and out of mangers, other bars
Opportunity knocked you up I guess
Gave you your little baby's success
You've got potential, you have the gift
You have the chance to heal a million rifts
We've been sent to sing a lullaby for you
We've been sent to sing a lullaby
We've brought oils, gold and wine and bread
A dreaming pillow for his divine head
Astrologers all we plot the charts
And wise men we can look into people's hearts
A doom is on the child that I can see
He don't belong in this time with you and me
His life will not be very long
Before you know it he will be gone
We've been sent to sing a lullaby for you
We share and bear the message of your newborn son
We follow paths of falling stars
In and out of mangers, other bars
Opportunity knocked you up I guess
Gave you your little baby's success
You've got potential, you have the gift
You have the chance to heal a million rifts
We've been sent to sing a lullaby for you
We've been sent to sing a lullaby
We've brought oils, gold and wine and bread
A dreaming pillow for his divine head
Astrologers all we plot the charts
And wise men we can look into people's hearts
A doom is on the child that I can see
He don't belong in this time with you and me
His life will not be very long
Before you know it he will be gone
We've been sent to sing a lullaby for you
Two Places At Once lyrics - The Church
Arrive in a hive city
somewhere in the east
floating down a crowded street
as though I am or I will be released
Elly's stopped yawning, clear blue morning
In mourning no more
Come and see the wild things that are
Just beyond the door
But there's an old man here
He claims that he knew you in another life
I'm not sure what he's sayin', Elly,
Could it be he still thinks you're his wife?
I've been waiting, seems like eternity
I've been waiting, waiting for you
I'm still waiting if you remember me
I'll be waiting, waiting for you
Trinkets sing on a desert wind behind here
Where ghosts have laid their final claim to rest
But who they left and what they thought they'd stayed for
Has crumbled in their last dusty caress
They were so blind
They were so blind
Hiding in a hotel room, somewhere in the west
I heard they brought a priest in to sanctify the place
But it remains unblessed
Things move around - my guitar sometimes plays itself
They say it's static electricity but
Yesterday it took twenty dollars off the shelf
There's a young man here, says he married you
In another time
The children cry and ask where their mother is
Gonna have to let them down
Yeah, I've been hurt
Yeah, I've been around
Limpet shells are fading in the valley
Where once the sea had strength enough to reach
But out of the twisted metal of discarded fortune's curse
No one here can quite translate the verses that they wanted to preach
They were blind
somewhere in the east
floating down a crowded street
as though I am or I will be released
Elly's stopped yawning, clear blue morning
In mourning no more
Come and see the wild things that are
Just beyond the door
But there's an old man here
He claims that he knew you in another life
I'm not sure what he's sayin', Elly,
Could it be he still thinks you're his wife?
I've been waiting, seems like eternity
I've been waiting, waiting for you
I'm still waiting if you remember me
I'll be waiting, waiting for you
Trinkets sing on a desert wind behind here
Where ghosts have laid their final claim to rest
But who they left and what they thought they'd stayed for
Has crumbled in their last dusty caress
They were so blind
They were so blind
Hiding in a hotel room, somewhere in the west
I heard they brought a priest in to sanctify the place
But it remains unblessed
Things move around - my guitar sometimes plays itself
They say it's static electricity but
Yesterday it took twenty dollars off the shelf
There's a young man here, says he married you
In another time
The children cry and ask where their mother is
Gonna have to let them down
Yeah, I've been hurt
Yeah, I've been around
Limpet shells are fading in the valley
Where once the sea had strength enough to reach
But out of the twisted metal of discarded fortune's curse
No one here can quite translate the verses that they wanted to preach
They were blind
Business Woman lyrics - The Church
Imagine her, all of her wealth
And in the arms of somebody else
I imagine her in bed
With her communication skills
Cabinet full of creams and pills
Paying the bills, being well-read
You'll never understand
The wonderful mind of that woman
Powerful beauty in her eyes
Look at that business woman
She's got a head on her shoulders
Look at that business woman
She's not that much older than you
And she reveals inner soul
Stock market flutters, index rose
When she reveals her secret life
All of the gifts come dear and swift
Promise her anything only if
You're going to have to leave your wife
She'll never understand
The wonderful mind of that woman
Beautiful power in her eyes
And when she comes the stars explode
Exquisite results in input mode
Just when she comes she's suddenly gone
Maybe you'll find her, maybe you won't
Maybe she loves you, baby she don't
Maybe you'll find that you are alone
You'll never comprehend
All of the means, all of the ends
Business woman in her eyes
And in the arms of somebody else
I imagine her in bed
With her communication skills
Cabinet full of creams and pills
Paying the bills, being well-read
You'll never understand
The wonderful mind of that woman
Powerful beauty in her eyes
Look at that business woman
She's got a head on her shoulders
Look at that business woman
She's not that much older than you
And she reveals inner soul
Stock market flutters, index rose
When she reveals her secret life
All of the gifts come dear and swift
Promise her anything only if
You're going to have to leave your wife
She'll never understand
The wonderful mind of that woman
Beautiful power in her eyes
And when she comes the stars explode
Exquisite results in input mode
Just when she comes she's suddenly gone
Maybe you'll find her, maybe you won't
Maybe she loves you, baby she don't
Maybe you'll find that you are alone
You'll never comprehend
All of the means, all of the ends
Business woman in her eyes
Authority lyrics - The Church
She says it's OK
The rent just went on entertainment
But who's gonna say
It's just not my day
She's got enough stuff to get real tough
Well, she's the girl who plays
The holiday is over, the honeymoon is over
The garden's overgrown
The trust is rusted, the link's been busted
The seeds are sown
The sounds of my breath, what do you expect
Echo in the hall
The ghost of the picture still haunts the master
Bedroom mirrored wall
I suppose you'd say she made a fool of me
Oh, but she has authority
It used to be fine
Days full of music, nights full of music
Music all the time
Invisible light
I try my best but I transgressed
It used to be fine
The chances are used up, the finances used up
The energy is low
Letters are returned, lovers are spurned
Delivered quite a blow
The signs of disaster, I wouldn't put it past her
The dagger's in the dark
The stale perfume in her old room
Heart of a shark
I suppose you'd say she made a slave of me
Oh, but she has authority
I guess that that's all
The curtain comes down and the circus leaves town
The leaves begin to fall
I guess that that's it
The world keeps spinning, people keep sinning
And all the rest is just bullshit
The shadow's getting longer, the widow's gettin' younger
The cup doth overflow
The luxury of pity, babe this wasn't pretty
On with the show
Life is a tangle, a one night triangle
Some tangle of life limbs
You sleep like a baby precious as a ruby
Goodbye everything
I suppose you'd say she made a fool of me
Oh, but she had authority
The rent just went on entertainment
But who's gonna say
It's just not my day
She's got enough stuff to get real tough
Well, she's the girl who plays
The holiday is over, the honeymoon is over
The garden's overgrown
The trust is rusted, the link's been busted
The seeds are sown
The sounds of my breath, what do you expect
Echo in the hall
The ghost of the picture still haunts the master
Bedroom mirrored wall
I suppose you'd say she made a fool of me
Oh, but she has authority
It used to be fine
Days full of music, nights full of music
Music all the time
Invisible light
I try my best but I transgressed
It used to be fine
The chances are used up, the finances used up
The energy is low
Letters are returned, lovers are spurned
Delivered quite a blow
The signs of disaster, I wouldn't put it past her
The dagger's in the dark
The stale perfume in her old room
Heart of a shark
I suppose you'd say she made a slave of me
Oh, but she has authority
I guess that that's all
The curtain comes down and the circus leaves town
The leaves begin to fall
I guess that that's it
The world keeps spinning, people keep sinning
And all the rest is just bullshit
The shadow's getting longer, the widow's gettin' younger
The cup doth overflow
The luxury of pity, babe this wasn't pretty
On with the show
Life is a tangle, a one night triangle
Some tangle of life limbs
You sleep like a baby precious as a ruby
Goodbye everything
I suppose you'd say she made a fool of me
Oh, but she had authority
Fly Home lyrics - The Church
Listen
Collect your thoughts, don't hide
If you can't face yourself, collide
The blue sheen of sky dazzles your eyes
And leaves you slumped against the night
They captured you, chopped off your hand
Left for dead
And buried your body in sun-soaked sand
Fly home
Is there patience where you think
Only empty arms to take you in
Pale luminescent glare
Surrounds you 'til you can't see it's there
Uncoiled flag below the wind
A torn head
You can't come out 'cause you're so far in
Fly home
Ancient in the image cast
Reminds you the future's like the past
Time split into equal spheres
Haunting you, using up your fear
Something hateful in your head
Then kick it out
You're scullin' hard but your wings are dead
Fly home
Collect your thoughts, don't hide
If you can't face yourself, collide
The blue sheen of sky dazzles your eyes
And leaves you slumped against the night
They captured you, chopped off your hand
Left for dead
And buried your body in sun-soaked sand
Fly home
Is there patience where you think
Only empty arms to take you in
Pale luminescent glare
Surrounds you 'til you can't see it's there
Uncoiled flag below the wind
A torn head
You can't come out 'cause you're so far in
Fly home
Ancient in the image cast
Reminds you the future's like the past
Time split into equal spheres
Haunting you, using up your fear
Something hateful in your head
Then kick it out
You're scullin' hard but your wings are dead
Fly home
The Dead Man's Dream lyrics - The Church
Once I had a name, forgotten now
I breathed the air in a century of wonder
I can hear it now in the darkness of the earth
Gorgeous machines, the sound they made like thunder
Great gardens drip honey-jewels and bright birds
The pageants pass down avenues of splendor
Ah, long afternoons by enchanted lakes
Upon elephants, so well I do remember
Lords and priests and talking beasts
Golden calves and telepaths
Crystal skulls and screaming gulls
Women glowed tattooed with woad
Colored mists and amethysts
Men were strong and days were long
Dragons glide on mountainside
Mandrake root and angel fruit
Sighing winds on silver skin
Creation transubstantiation
Unicorns, electric storms
Tunes and runes, we laughed till noon
Sweet release, eternal peace
I breathed the air in a century of wonder
I can hear it now in the darkness of the earth
Gorgeous machines, the sound they made like thunder
Great gardens drip honey-jewels and bright birds
The pageants pass down avenues of splendor
Ah, long afternoons by enchanted lakes
Upon elephants, so well I do remember
Lords and priests and talking beasts
Golden calves and telepaths
Crystal skulls and screaming gulls
Women glowed tattooed with woad
Colored mists and amethysts
Men were strong and days were long
Dragons glide on mountainside
Mandrake root and angel fruit
Sighing winds on silver skin
Creation transubstantiation
Unicorns, electric storms
Tunes and runes, we laughed till noon
Sweet release, eternal peace
Aura lyrics - The Church
We all came back from the war
I wish somebody would tell me the score
We raked old Poseidon over the coals
Shook his shells, shaked his shoals
Where can a soldier fix himself a drink
Forget the noise, forget the stink
And the opium is running pretty low
'Cause when the pain comes back, I don't want to know
Across yonder ocean the natives are fierce
Their ears are filled their teeth are pierced
But it's not their spears that spill your breath
They kill their enemies by loving them to death
We were on some battlefield
I felt something soft go through my shield
I felt something warm enter my guts
I was bleeding bad but there were no cuts
They captured three of us, took us back to their village
After a long long time I could decipher their language
They worshipped Baal, they worshipped the sun
They worshipped the son of the evil one
They were more than voracious, they sucked our ambition
They let me go on one condition
That was when I came back to my native shore
I tell you they don't want to play with us anymore
But a part of me will never be free
And the part that's free will never be me
But a thing of love and beauty is in my head
A message from our enemies, and here's what they said
They said that love = hate
And death = fate
An enemy always = an adorer
But priest = aura
Yeah, and life = time
And time = space
And space = sublime
And human = race
Oh and woman = man
And pot = pan
The fauna ought to equal the flora
But priest = aura
And beginning = the end
The end always = the start
But straight = bent
The mind sometimes = the heart
And you = me
The land = the sea
Richer = poorer
And priest = aura
I wish somebody would tell me the score
We raked old Poseidon over the coals
Shook his shells, shaked his shoals
Where can a soldier fix himself a drink
Forget the noise, forget the stink
And the opium is running pretty low
'Cause when the pain comes back, I don't want to know
Across yonder ocean the natives are fierce
Their ears are filled their teeth are pierced
But it's not their spears that spill your breath
They kill their enemies by loving them to death
We were on some battlefield
I felt something soft go through my shield
I felt something warm enter my guts
I was bleeding bad but there were no cuts
They captured three of us, took us back to their village
After a long long time I could decipher their language
They worshipped Baal, they worshipped the sun
They worshipped the son of the evil one
They were more than voracious, they sucked our ambition
They let me go on one condition
That was when I came back to my native shore
I tell you they don't want to play with us anymore
But a part of me will never be free
And the part that's free will never be me
But a thing of love and beauty is in my head
A message from our enemies, and here's what they said
They said that love = hate
And death = fate
An enemy always = an adorer
But priest = aura
Yeah, and life = time
And time = space
And space = sublime
And human = race
Oh and woman = man
And pot = pan
The fauna ought to equal the flora
But priest = aura
And beginning = the end
The end always = the start
But straight = bent
The mind sometimes = the heart
And you = me
The land = the sea
Richer = poorer
And priest = aura
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